Wards of Delhi COVID facility to be named after Ladakh martyrs

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has announced that wards of the newly-built Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital in Delhi will be named after the Indian Army soldiers who died in the violent faceoff with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley last month.

“In honour of Indian Army troops who lost their lives in the Galwan Valley Clash on June 15, DRDO has decided to name different wards of new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel COVID-19 Hospital, Delhi after them,” ANI quoted Sanjeev Joshi, the Technology Advisor to the DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy as saying.

The makeshift facility, set up in a 1,755X 703 sq ft area is touted as the biggest COVID-19 facility in the capital. The hospital is being managed by medical experts from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF).

The hospital is divided into blocks and each block has 100 beds.

The announcement comes on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ladakh where 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in a skirmish with Chinese troops on June 15.