Photos: Jumbo Mumbai COVID-19 hospital treats thousands
The pop-up mega hospital is mounted with tents and metal partitions, looks like a war room
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Inside Mumbai's BKC jumbo field hospital, a health worker adjusts the oxygen mask of a COVID-19 patient as doctors, nurses and specialists keep a close eye and monitor hundreds of sick people.
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The pop-up mega hospital in India's financial capital is mounted with tents and metal partitions and looks like a war room.
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It has a capacity of more than 2,000 beds with state-of-the-art medical facilities, including intensive care units and beds with oxygen and ventilators. It is mostly full.
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Its doctors and nurses constantly monitor patients, holding the hands of some to calm them as they have problems breathing, or touching them to see how responsive they are.
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In some cases they help patients use a mobile phone to speak to family members, who are not allowed visit.
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A doctor speaks on the intercom with a senior consultant giving an update of a patient.
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Health workers give water to a patient. India's western Maharashtra state, home to Mumbai, is one of the country's worst-hit states, grappling with a surge of coronavirus infections that has overwhelmed hospitals and made field facilities like BKC vital.
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Health workers keep a watch on patients in a ward. Maharashtra hit a peak at more than 68,000 daily cases last month, a number believed to be a massive undercount. It has since seen a decline in its declared new cases, reporting just over 37,000 infections over the latest week and 549 deaths.
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Belongings of patients are seen at the BKC COVID-19 field hospital. Maharashtra, the country's second-most populous state, has reported more than 5 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 75,000 deaths.
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The BKC field hospital currently has 329 doctors and 330 nurses, said Dr. Rajesh Dere, the man in charge of running the hospital, which has treated more than 22,600 COVID-19 patients since it was set up last May to provide free treatment and medicines to patients.
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Senior consultants monitor and evaluate each patient’s medical condition remotely in the war room of BKC COVID-19 field hospital.
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A monitor tracks a patient’s parameters.
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Doctors check touch sensitivity response of a patient.
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A health worker offers tea to a patient.
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A cleaner tosses aside a pair of sandals as she does her rounds.
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A health worker looks over patient files.
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A nurse poses for a photograph at the BKC COVID-19 field hospital in Mumbai.
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