A statement from the university confirmed that Vice-Chancellor Gurmeet Singh has agreed to set this up after obtaining approval from the Lt Governor of Puducherry and Chief Rector of Pondicherry University.
Pondicherry University has announced that it has decided to set up a temporary COVID care centre on campus. The campus has decided to built the centre after receiving several requests from students and non-teaching staff to provide theatre and lecture halls at the varsity for patients in the UT as well as for people working at the university. The setting up of these facilities was demanded owing to an acute shortage of hospital beds in Puducherry owing to a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.
A statement from the university confirmed that Vice-Chancellor Gurmeet Singh has agreed to set this up after obtaining approval from the Lt Governor of Puducherry and Chief Rector of Pondicherry University. "The university has insisted to allot the sufficient number of beds and special wards to the faculty, staff and students of Pondicherry University on a priority basis for treatment, whenever required," the statement read.
On May 15, the Pondicherry University Students' Council has written to the VC that they have already lost several members of the PU community. Several teaching and non-teaching employees of the university are still battling COVID-19 and thus it is deemed necessary that the varsity sets up a COVID care centre on campus. "There is an urgent requirement for a COVID care centre inside the university. Since the provision of the Disaster Management Act has been promulgated in this emergency situation, we believe, Pondicherry University must make use of available resources and extend help to the people. It is imperative that this is done on an urgent basis since a lot of our PU staff lives in small housing spaces and is unable to isolate themselves or their family members in case of an infection," P Parichay Yadav, President of PUSC wrote in their official statement.
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