New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched video call facility for COVID-19 patients admitted at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital here.
“LNJP Hospital was the first hospital to be declared as full-fledged COVID hospital 100 days ago. Many patients have got cured here, it is the biggest hospital with 2,000 beds. It is also the first hospital where plasma therapy was started and it is now being replicated at many locations across the country,” Kejriwal said.
LNJP अस्पताल के ICU में IIT दिल्ली के सुशांत जी का इलाज चल रहा है। मरीज़ न सिर्फ़ स्वस्थ हो रहे हैं, वे अपने इलाज से संतुष्ट भी हो रहे हैं। मरीज़ों के साथ मेरी विडियो कॉल पर हुई बातचीत ज़रूर देखें pic.twitter.com/gvCXubqwbt
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 25, 2020
“Today if any corona positive female is pregnant then her delivery, both normal and caesarean takes place here. Around 114 deliveries have taken place at the hospital in this period,” he said. The Delhi CM further said that the video call facility will help the patients admitted here to stay in touch with their family and friends.
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Hon’ble CM @ArvindKejriwal launching a video call facility for Corona patients admitted in LNJP thru which they can talk to their loved ones from outside the Corona wards https://t.co/buVq5YPe2K
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As of Thursday, Delhi’s COVID-19 stood at 70,390 according to the Union Health Ministry. This includes 26,588 active cases and 41,437 cured and discharged patients. The toll due to the infection stands at 2,365 in the national capital. (ANI)
