Mumbai: BMC spends around Rs 182.6 Crore in the arrangement and maintains the Sevenhills Hospital in Marol, Andheri, during the first wave of pandemic, making it the most expensive covid expenditure among the city hospitals.
According to the data distributed by BMC with the Standing Civic Committee for post facto approval, more than 25,000 patients have been treated at Marol Hospital so far.
“Sevenhills Hospital has become a game modifier in the city battle against Covid-19.
The care provided here is equivalent to a private hospital and hundreds of lives saved.
We appreciate the work done by BMC doctors and staff,” said Congress Corporator Ravi Raja, opposition leader in BMC.
BJP Corporator Vinod Mishra agrees.
“Instead of spending money on a temporary Jumbo Center, BMC must build a more permanent hospital, such as Sevenhills, to save life,” he said.
Sevenhills Hospital was originally founded in 2010 as a public-private partnership between the Vizag and BMC-based hospital chains, which provides land instead of free bed and maintenance for poor patients.
It was a 1,500 bed hospital, including 300 ICU beds, but then closed after a prolonged legal dispute between the two maintenance costs.
The day after Maharashtra reported the first two Covid cases on March 9, 2020, former Commissioner BMC Praveen Pardeshi toured Marol Hospital who did not work and mobilize funds to turn it on for a week.
Mission ‘Updating Sevenhills’ started Mumbai’s day reported his first Covid case – on March 11, 2020 – and the first international tourists walked to the quarantine facility set on the eighth floor on March 14, 2020.
Mumbai first got a Covid-19 Special Hospital, which was Fully funded by Reliance Industries Ltd.
High-ranking said that between March and December 2020, BMC spent Rs 118.7 Crore in arrangements and runs a 300 bed hospital, and from January to 2021, it spends Rs 63.9 Crore.
According to officials, BMC has up to now spend around Rs 150 Crore per month on Covid-19 mitigation – total Rs 2,500 Crore.
Every year, BMC puts aside some money in contingency funds.
“When a pandemic breaks, we have around Rs 1,000 crore in contingency funds, but all the money is spent against Covid-19.
The Crore RS 450 is needed to rank bills when the financial year ends March 2021,” said an official.
BMC spends RS 182 CR at Seven Hills Hospital in Wave 1
