May 25, 2020
India
To fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will soon launch its response to coronavirus in Patna, Bihar.
The teams are working to set up a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment facility in the indoor stadium of Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna with the purpose of treating cases of COVID-19.
The intervention aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with the COVID-19 outbreak in Patna.
This facility will help in decongesting the government hospitals to allow more effective resource management of severe cases of COVID-19.
![Covering 1100 kms in 22 hours by road, an MSF team from Delhi recently arrived in Patna for COVID - 19 Intervention. In the coming days, the team would convert the indoor stadium at Patliputra sports complex into a treatment facility to treat COVID- 19 patients. © MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200502_121033-800x400.jpg)
![Work is in full swing at Patliputra sports complex, Patna, where an MSF team is converting the indoor sports stadium into a COVID - 19 treatment facility. Here, the logistics team is seen conducting an inspection before unloading the required material, including patient beds and PPEs. © MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200504_120952-800x400.jpg)
![Extensive planning and discussion goes into setting up a treatment unit. Each day, MSF team members brainstorm over patient flow, infection, prevention control, water and sanitation and other aspects that are crucial to the functioning of the treatment facility. ©MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200504_130224-800x400.jpg)
![The Logistics team unloading the required material, including beds and PPEs for the MSF's 100-bed COVID treatment facility at Patliputra sports complex, Patna. ©MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200520_114354-800x400.jpg)
![The Logistics team unloading the required material, including beds and PPEs for the MSF's 100-bed COVID treatment facility at Patliputra sports complex, Patna. ©MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200520_114740-800x400.jpg)
![Patient beds assembled and lined up in the storage area of the indoor stadium of Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna, Bihar. This complex will be converted into a 100-bed treatment facility for COVID - 19 patients. ©MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200520_164240-800x400.jpg)
![A before and after view of the indoor stadium at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna, Bihar where MSF is setting up a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment facility to treat patients. ©MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200503_132714-800x400.jpg)
![A before and after view of the indoor stadium at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna, Bihar where MSF is setting up a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment facility to treat patients. ©MSF](https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-25-at-6.18.41-PM-800x400.jpeg)
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- Bihar
- coronavirus
- COVID-19
- India
- MSF in Bihar
- Patna