BMC urges citizens to contact wardrooms to avail beds faster

Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been appealing to the citizens of Mumbai to contact the wardroom if they need any help regarding COVID-19.

The civic body had earlier implemented the decentralized hospital bed management system from June 2020 in order to manage the various problem with regards to the pandemic. These ward rooms are reportedly functioning at the level of all the 24 divisional offices. Moreover, the wardrooms are touted to provide faster, easier and more effective health care to the patients suffering from the coronavirus.

The contact numbers of the ward war rooms are as follows:

• A section 2270007, B section 23759023, C section 22197331, D section 23835004, E section 23797901, F / South section 2417 7507, F / North section 24011380, G / South section 24219515, G / North section 2421 0441.
• H / East Division 2663 5400, H / West Division 2644 0121, K / East Division 2684 7000, K / West Division 2620 8388, P / South Division 28780008, P / North Division 28440001, R / South Division 2805 4788, R / North Division 2894 7350, R / Central Division 2894 7360.
• L Division 7678061274 or 7710870510, M / East Division 2552 6301, M / West Division 2528 4000, N Division 2101 0201, S Division 2595 4000, T Division 25694000.

According to sources, in each ward war room, medical officers and other necessary staff are working continuously for three sessions on a 24x7 principle.

On the other hand, earlier on March 31, the BMC released new guidelines for home isolation of patients as coronavirus cases continue to mount in the city. In the revised guidelines, BMC has also directed to restrict the movement of home-isolated patients within their residence in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. In addition, the civic body also listed out specific warning signs to watch out for immediate hospital transfer of patients under home isolation.