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

The process will be completed in four weeks and the IT firm will hand over the facility to the Maharashtra government by May 30

A medic collects samples for swab tests from a COVID-19 mobile testing van, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Ramakrishna Mission area in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
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A medic collects samples for swab tests from a COVID-19 mobile testing van, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Ramakrishna Mission area in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

BS Reporter Bengaluru
IT services major Wipro on Tuesday said it will repurpose one of its offices in Pune into a 450-bed intermediary care Covid-19 hospital. The process will be completed in four weeks and the IT firm will hand over the facility to the Maharashtra government by May 30. 

The Azim Premji-promoted firm has signed a pact with the Maharashtra government to repurpose its office facility at Hinjewadi, a major IT hub in the city. The hospital will be converted back to an IT facility after a year.

The 450-bed hospital, to be equipped to treat moderate cases, will include 12 beds to stabilise

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