Jumbo centres, which were built to tackle the COVID pandemic and were extremely beneficial during the first and second waves, have now become a burden to the civic body. The BMC is spending crores of rupees on rent and upkeep of these centres even though no patients are being admitted. A decision on closing down most of the centres is expected this week. 

Once the jumbo centres are shut, the BMC will shift all the machinery and equipment to the Andheri godown to be used for newly built hospitals in suburbs. Apart from this, oxygen plants will also be shifted to peripheral hospitals.