While the common is dying on the road and not getting a hospital bed, a five-star hotel has been turned into a hospital for the sake of taking care of the judges.
The Officials have directed for converting 100 rooms of Ashoka Hotel in Lutyens’ Delhi into a COVID health facility for high court judges, judicial staff and their families.
In a Government order issued by the sub-divisional magistrate of Chanakyapuri, it was stated that the COVID facility at Ashoka Hotel will be associated with Primus Hospital.
Primus the hospital will run the facility at Ashoka Hotel and also handle the biomedical waste disposal. The staff of the hotel will be provided with all protective gear and given basic adequate training, stated the order.
The hospital will also provide an ambulance for the transfer of VIP patients, while the hotel will provide services, including rooms, housekeeping, disinfection and food, for the patients, it said.
The charges for the use of the facility will be collected by the hospital and payment will be made by it to the hotel, it added.
