Only families with critically-ill Covid-19 patients know the pain of trying to find an intensive care unit (ICU) bed at this point. ICU wards are chock-full all over the city, while critical patients have their clocks ticking.
Unless one is an inpatient already, getting an ICU bed at a public hospital at the eleventh hour is a pipe dream.
After talking to several such families outside the ICU at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, one thing that became clear is many doors needed to be knocked upon before an ICU seat could be managed.
At the 10-bed ICU at Kurmitola General Hospital, 30-32 patients from the wards vie for a bed every single day, according to doctors there.