Tumakuru: Former Minister converts his star hotel into guest house for COVID-19 warriors

Tumakuru: Amid rising COVID-19 cases former minister Sogadu Shivanna has converted his three-story SS Residency hotel at the heart of the city into a guest house for frontline corona warriors.

The three-star-hotel with 33 rooms is closer to the district’s designated COVID-19 hospital.

All facilities of the hotel including a restaurant have been at the disposal of the warriors and already four doctors have been put up for a couple of weeks.

A doctor who is currently staying at the hotel said that he used to go o his house every alternative day and sit outside in a car shed, have a sip of coffee while exchanging pleasantries, and return back to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Some of the doctors who have relatives with co-morbidity including their aged parents, small children, and spouses have sacrificed going home daily. However, the new accommodation has boosted their morale.