The health department has decided to add 150 more beds at the Tata COVID hospital following a spike in cases in the district.
A.V. Ramdas, District Medical Officer, said that the facility at present had a capacity of 200 patients.
Mr. Ramdas said since the inception of the hospital, 1,410 COVID-19 patients had been treated here. It mainly treats critically ill patients. There were 12 ICU beds and 70 beds with centralised pipeline facilities in the hospital.