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The company has been taking an active role in the combat against the second wave of the pandemic. Recently it had partnered with the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal (RMSK) at Haridwar for strengthening their healthcare system and response to COVID-19.
The Delhi government has told the Delhi High Court that an operational licence can be given for the 150-bed multi-speciality hospital which was closed down due to insolvency resolution process against its parent company, if it has all the requisite infrastructure in place. The Delhi government said however that it cannot bear the expenditure or provide logistical support for running the hospital as a COVID-19 centre as its resources manpower, medicines and equipment were already stretched thin in operating its own hospitals. The submission has been made on an affidavit filed through Delhi government standing counsel Santosh K Tripathi who said the licence can be granted if the court so directs and if the hospital Febris Multispeciality Hospital is in compliance with the parameters given in the Delhi Nursing Homes Registration Act.
The government said that recently it had issued an order that nursing homes without fire clearances can only treat patients on the ground and first floors and the same had to be withdrawn when the matter reached court. To this, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said, "There has to be a sense of equilibrium. The government cannot swing like a pendulum from one side to another."
May 09, 2021, 12:50 IST
Due to a spike of COVID-19 cases in Telangana, finding beds in a hospital for Covid patients has become difficult. Hyderabad is a big city, where cases are increasing by the day and hospitals are running out of oxygen and beds.
To accommodate Covid patients with mild symptoms, several hospitals are collaborating with some Star hotels to use hotel rooms to treat patients. The hospital will provide medical care for the patients, while the hotel will take care of their food and dietary needs.COVID-19 patients can now use the facility throughout Hyderabad.
If a patient wishes to use this facility, they should first go to the hospital for a preliminary screening test to determine whether they are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Patients with low oxygen saturation and severe symptoms will be admitted to the hospital. The hotels will only accept those who have mild or no symptoms.