Scared of COVID-19 spread, fewer patients visiting Bengaluru hospitals; doctors allay fears
Karnataka’s daily caseload has breached the 10,000-mark, with Bengaluru Urban clocking the highest number of cases.
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A health worker administers a Covid vaccine to a woman at KC General Hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Photo | Shriram BN/EPS)
Express News Service
BENGALURU: Last year, when Covid cases had peaked, there was a considerable drop in the number of outpatients and elective surgery footfalls in hospitals. Come 2021, a similar trend is apparent.
With the second wave setting in, a few hospitals are seeing footfalls dipping to the tune of 60-70 per cent.