The wound-dressing room was finally completed in June and has been fitted with all the necessary equipment to assist the highly-skilled staff who do the dressings – including a hand dryer and a hand wash dispenser. A plastic curtain has also been installed to create a barrier between the patient and the wound dresser during the Covid epidemic.
Up until now, dressings have had to be done in the same small room that is used by patients waiting for treatment. Although staff worked hard to keep the area clean, dust and dirt continually filtered in from the adjacent road and the railway line that runs behind the clinic.
Calcutta Rescue staff had already built a wall in February sealing the clinic off from the railway line.