The 1,700-bed Kanjurmarg Jumbo Covid Care Centre is ready for use and has been handed over to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) by CIDCO authorities. The civic body has appointed an agency for the management of the facility. Civic officials said no public money is being used yet, as work orders have not been allotted.

Interestingly, this is not the case just for the Kanjurmarg facility. This mode of management will be replicated in Malad and Sion Covid Jumbo Centres as well as the newly constructed Dahisar centre. BMC had called for private players/hospitals to come forward and take up the responsibility to manage these facilities. These centres, however, are yet to be operational. The ICU facility at BKC Covid Jumbo Centre and Phase II of the NESCO grounds, too, have been outsourced. The Kanjurmarg centre will be run as an extension of a private hospital.