Wipro to repurpose its Pune office into 450-bed Covid-19 hospital

Bengaluru: IT major Wipro said on Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government of Maharashtra under which it will repurpose one of its information technology campuses at Hinjewadi in Pune to a 450-bed intermediary care COVID-19 hospital in four weeks and hand it over the state government.

The hospital will be converted back to an IT facility after a year.

The hospital will be equipped to treat moderate cases and will include 12 beds to stabilise critical patients before shifting them to a tertiary care facility. This is an independent, isolated COVID-19 dedicated complex that also includes 24 well-appointed rooms to accommodate doctors and medical staff.