Vinod Rao inspecting ventilators in Vadodara on Monday
Vadodara: The Vadodara city and district had 106 ICU beds vacant including those located outside the city and in government facilities.
Figures on the beds availability dashboard of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) on Monday late evening revealed that out of 106 beds, the GMERS Gotri Hospital had 39 vacant beds, the highest in any hospital in the city.
But the number of beds in the largest government hospital in the region, the SSG Hospital (SSGH) had shrunk to merely two beds. Preparations are being done on a war footing to ensure that the number of ICU beds go up significantly soon. The number of beds include 12 outside the city in facilities in Padra, Pipariya and Dabhoi.