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
Delhi govt increases number of beds reserved for COVID-19 patients ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 22:46 IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi government on Monday has decided to increase the number of beds reserved for coronavirus patients at several hospitals.
The government, in a media release, stated that in view of the increase in COVID-19 cases in the city, it has been decided to designate an increased number of beds the hospitals for admitting confirmed or suspected cases of the infection at nine government hospitals.
These hospitals include Lok Nayak Hospital (LNJP), where beds are to be increased from 300 to 1,000. At Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, the number of reserved beds is to be increased from 50 to 100 while at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTB) Hospital it is to be hiked to 500.
26 January 2021 - 09:32
It s not a fully-fledged hospital more a step-down facility for critical patients with Covid who have been stabilised at hospital.
The National Recreation Centre (Nasrec) field hospital in Johannesburg currently has 1,000 beds; there is capacity for 500 more but these were decommissioned in September and can become available again if needed.
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