Shivdular Singh Dhillon , Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar commissioned 'carebot' that nitigates the chances of contracting the infection.
"Through this robot, we are reducing the human-human contact and the robot would distribute essentials like medicines, water, etc to every patient on their bed,"said Dhillon while speaking to .
A facility administrator has been deployed to monitor the logistics of the facility, he said.
He said that the facility comprises of thousand beds, and at least 14 positive COVID-19 patients are admitted here.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab has a total of 298 positive COVID-19 cases of which, 67 patients have recovered, 17 persons have died due to the deadly virus.
( With inputs from ANI )