A Covid treatment centre cum safe home was inaugurated on Tuesday. Rajarhat New Town Nirapod Nibas has come up next to a swimming pool, in a building owned by Netaji Sangha, Narayanpur. The project has been undertaken by Kaleidoscope, a film production cum event management company with support from Rajarhat New Town MLA Tapash Chatterjee, who helms the club.

There are 60 beds, of which 20 are for women and 40 for men in separate wards. “Of these, 30 beds will be free for which patients will be taken on my recommendation. For the other 30, the management has promised not to charge more than Rs 3,500,” said Chatterjee. While medicines will be free for the free beds, the charge for the other beds will include standard Covid medicines but not investigations or other medicines.

“We had distributed food during last year’s lockdown. This year, we wanted to help with Covid treatment in New Town so we contacted Tapash babu,” said Samiran Das, founder and managing partner of Kaleidoscope, who is a resident of Sunrise Point in Action Area IIC.

The air-conditioned place with wi-fi and cable TV will have a resident medical officer other than nurse and ayah. A doctor will visit thrice a day. There will be 24-hour oxygen supply.

A three-bed oxygen parlour will cater to those having breathing trouble. “People without a Covid-positive report may have trouble being hospitalised so we have arranged for temporary relief,” said Chatterjee.