Three safe homes for Covid patients are being set up by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in Salt Lake, Kaikhali and Bablatala in Rajarhat.

The safe home in Salt Lake will be housed in the civic body-run Matri Sadan Hospital in EE Block, which also has a vaccination centre.

“The hospital has a piped oxygen supply network. At least 50 beds have been earmarked for Covid-19 patients for the time being,” an official of the corporation’s health department said.

The safe house in Kaikhali is being set up in a building adjacent to the Haj House, on VIP Road, where a satellite unit operated by Charnock Hospital with around 300 beds is functional.

The official said the building was being converted into a safe home and an oxygen supply line was being installed. “The centre will start with around 50 beds. The bed count will go up in phases,” said Rajarhat-Gopalpur MLA Aditi Munshi, who is coordinating with corporation officials, to set up the safe home.

In Rajarhat, a swimming pool complex in Bablatala is being converted into a safe house. “The swimming pool’s changing rooms are big enough to accommodate around 30 beds. We will start with around 15 beds and add more in phases. An oxygen supply line is being set up,” said another official of the Bidhannagar civic body.

The safe houses will be operational within a couple of days. Asymptomatic patients who are unable to isolate themselves at home or lack a full-time caregiver can stay in these safe homes. “In some cases, patients with very mild symptoms will be accommodated, too,” said the official.

“Once we identify a patient as asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and ascertain that he or she lacks space at home to stay isolated, he or she will be taken to the nearest safe home,” said the official.

He said patients admitted to these safe homes would not be charged.

The corporation is looking for buildings to set up more such safe homes.

More than 600 new cases are being reported almost daily from the 41 wards under the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation.