Apollo upgrades Chittoor hospital

Hyderabad Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals has upgraded the capacity of Chittoor district hospital to 850 beds as part of efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Apollo Hospitals Group Joint MD Sangita Reddy said on Thursday.

"In our collective efforts to combat #Covid19 happy to share that @Apollohospital has upgraded its #Chittoor Dist Hospital capacity from 380 to 850 beds. Also, a Free Covid Isolation centre has been set up in Thavanampalle Mandal 4 people who do not have access to home isolation," Reddy said in a post on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

In another tweet, she said, "Since April 2021, more than 1,680 Covid patients have been treated and 3,794 patients have been triaged. My compliments to #AndhraPradesh @AndhraPradeshCM @ysjagan for the State's integrated fight against Covid."