Shah Rukh Khan turns his office into ICU for Covid-19 patients

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has turned his Mumbai’s office into an ICU for corona patients, told the reports.

Previously in April, King Khan and his wife Gauri Khan had announced that they had changed the office space into a quarantine facility for Covid-19 patients with the assistance of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

According to the reports, SRK started to upgrade the quarantine center into an ICU by mid-July. The quarantined patients were relocated.

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With help from SRK’s Meer Foundation, Hinduja Hospital in Khar, and the BMC the facility boasts of 15 beds have been operational since August 8. Dr. Avinash Supe of the Hinduja Hospital Khar said,

“It has been equipped with ventilators, oxygen lines, high flow nasal oxygen machines, and liquid oxygen storage tanks for high-risk and critical patients. The service will be run by Hinduja Hospital under the guidance of the BMC.”

As per reports, 66 patients were admitted to SRK’s quarantine center. Out of which 54 were discharged after tested negative for the virus. while 12 patients had to be transferred to other facilities before the upgrade.