Srinagar Municipality and Ehsaas International converted Community Centre in make shift Covid Hospitals
The Covid19 pandemic has altered the meanings of every aspect of life. It has dictated necessities that were unimaginable pre-pandemic.
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This the SMC owned Marriage Hall at Baba Demb, an old city locality. It is now a Covid19 hospital.
Within the crowded cramped alleys in the old city, the residential old houses could barely manage the crowd and rush. Thus, in moments of joy and sorrow, the old city residents would pack their pillows and rushed to nearby marriage halls, which were unlocked during functions. From the onset of spring till late autumn, the marriage halls were booked and the hall would reverberate with the marriage songs, a commotion of guests, and aroma of Kashmiri Wazwaan.
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The hall is part of the SMC owned Marriage Hall at Baba Demb, Srinagar. Normally it is where the grooms and his guests are received. Now it has been converted into a Covid19 Hospital where mild-infected patients will be taken care of by two NGOs.
As the Covid-19 cases continue to soar, the healthcare infrastructure is getting overwhelmed with a huge flow of patients in Kashmir. There is no availability of hospital beds and ICU spaces are shrinking and social media is flooded with SOS’s for the beds and spaces.
As part of the initiative to help reduce the load on tertiary hospitals, Kashmir-based NGO Ehsaas International in collaboration with Srinagar Municipal Corporation ( SMC), and Voluntary Medicare Society (VMS) have converted one marriage hall into, what is being called, a Covid19 Wellness Centre.
https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/of-human-hearts-doctors-paramedics-volunteer-to-run-charitable-covid-hospitals-in-kashmir/
https://kashmirlife.net/times-change-marriage-halls-converted-into-covid19-wellness-centres-268159/amp/