More beds in Bengaluru hospitals reserved for Covid-hit
Cracking the whip, the Karnataka government on Sunday served notice to five major private hospitals here for not reserving 50 per cent of their beds for treating Covid patients amid surging cases.
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta served the notice to Columbia Asia Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Vikram Hospital and Aster CMI Hospital as they did not comply with the government order.
"It has been observed that your hospital has not complied with the direction of the state government and made available the mandated 50 per cent of the beds for Covid patients," said Gupta in the notice to the corporate and other hospitals.