Mumbai: COVID-19 positive patient gets bed after BMC chief steps in
ByRicha PintoRicha Pinto / Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 07:24 IST
(This story was first published in the Times of India on April 6, 2021)
Mumbai: A five-hour search for a hospital bed for a septuagenarian Covid patient ended after municipal commissioner
IS Chahal intervened and got her a bed in the BMC-run
Seven Hills Hospital,
Andheri resident Parveen Langrana (76) was admitted to a
Juhu hospital for bronchial infection when she tested positive for Covid-19. As the hospital was not permitted to treat Covid patients, its authorities discharged her immediately. While out on the road searching for a hospital bed, her niece posted a tweet that went viral and caught the