IRG Navy Ready to Set Up Field Hospitals in Areas Hit by Pandemic

By Staff, Agencies

The Islamic Revolution Guards [IRG] Navy expressed readiness to expand the capacity of its medical centers and build field hospitals in Iran in the battle against the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

In comments on Saturday, IRG Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said his forces are prepared to set up field hospitals in the areas of Iran that have been categorized as red zones with high risk of infection.

“The IRG Navy has offered all of its capacities to help in the struggle against the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic,” he added, noting that “his forces can help the country’s medical society by establishing mobile hospitals wherever necessary.”

The top Iranian general stated that “The IRG Navy’s hospitals are currently accepting coronavirus patients in the cities of Chaloos, Shiraz, Bushehr and Bandar Abbas.”

The IRG Ground Force has already set up three field hospitals in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, one of the regions hit hardest by the outbreak of the new Indian variant of coronavirus.