AMRI Hospitals recreates India’s largest football stadium into a field hospital

Kolkata, 07.05.2021: AMRI Hospitals, one of Eastern India’s largest private healthcare networks, has turned Yuva Bharati Krirangan, (Salt Lake Stadium), India’s largest football stadium, into a field hospital, with around 250 beds for COVID-positive patients. The facility has been made operational from 7th May, 2021, Friday. 

In its constant efforts to augment beds for management and treatment of COVID-19 patients, AMRI Hospitals has added another 250 beds to accommodate COVID-positive patients with mild to moderate symptoms. A one-of-its kind facility, all the beds at the field hospital is connected with liquid medical oxygen (LMO) supply. 

The piped oxygen supply at each of the beds will help provide basic support to any patient who shows signs of dipping oxygen levels. An on-site Respiratory Care Unit has also been set up at the facility with four beds, which is equipped with critical care equipment and will help in stabilising a patient, in case anybody suffers sudden respiratory distress, which is often seen in COVID patients.

The field hospital will provide round-the-clock nursing care, oxygen support, on-site doctors, and specialists on call. The facility will also offer the service of VGo robot, which AMRI Hospitals launched last year during the pandemic to keep patients and their family members in touch, since visitors are not allowed inside COVID wards.

Besides having around 420 beds across the three units of AMRI Hospitals in Kolkata – Dhakuria, Mukundapur, and Salt Lake – the Group has three satellite centres running across the city. With the addition of the Salt Lake stadium facility, AMRI will have around 340 more beds outside the three units. 

Mr Barua said, “We have received immense support from the State Government. With direct support from our Hon’ble Chief Minister, Smt Mamata Banerjee, AMRI is also planning to set up another field hospital at Netaji Indoor Stadium with around 200 beds. We are in talks with the Government to take up few more such facilities. We have also finalised our arrangement with The Lalit Great Eastern Hotel to set up another satellite facility with almost 200 beds.”