A healthcare worker checks a Covid testing kit in Tezpur on Tuesday
GUWAHATI: Hospitalization of routine cases has been restricted in government hospitals and medical colleges in Assam to keep maximum beds free for Covid patients.
The state health department has asked all medical college hospitals and other government healthcare facilities to send patients home who are ‘now fit’ and can be treated at home. The directive has become a cause of worry as some patients feel they are safer under the care of doctors.
Speaking to
TOI, director of medical education, Assam, Dr Anup Kumar Barman, said the move, especially in Guwahati, was undertaken on Tuesday to resolve a possible crisis of beds. Guwahati comes under Kamrup (Metropolitan) district, which has recorded an alarming rise in new positive cases compared to other districts in rural areas.