Tag: Covid-19 preparedness

For one of the oldest tertiary care hospitals in the country, Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre has built on its learnings from the Covid-19 pandemic and now has a separate infectious diseases facility, to be prepared for similar challenges. The facility has 70 beds including 36 ICUs, Jaslok Chief Executive Jitendra Haryan told businessline, of the new additions in the 50-year-old hospital, as it invests in “futuristic infrastructure” and new technology. Like hospitals around the world, hospitals in Mumbai too had to think on their feet during the pandemic as staff fell ill...