New Delhi, May 8: Delhi government-run Indira Gandhi Hospital in Dwarka will start functioning as a dedicated COVID facility from Saturday, an official order said. The hospital will initially have a capacity of 250 beds which will be scaled up later, it said.

The national capital, which is witnessing a surge in COVID cases, currently has 22,289 hospital beds and only 2,451 are vacant. 2-DG: DCGI Approves Anti-COVID-19 Oral Drug Developed by DRDO for Emergency Use.

"It is hereby ordered that the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Dwarka, which is a 900 bedded facility will start operations as a dedicated COVID facility w.e.f May 8, initially with a partial capacity of 250 beds, which will be scaled up gradually," the order said.

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