Karnataka s health infrastructure ramped up significantly during COVID, says K Sudhakar ANI | Updated: May 23, 2021 21:52 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 23 (ANI): The Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, Dr K Sudhakar on Sunday said that the health infrastructure of the state had improved significantly during the COVID pandemic. The government s initiative to control the pandemic has invariably ramped up its health infrastructure. The state presently has the capacity of 1.5- 2 lakh COVID test sampling per day. With the availability of 1015 MT oxygen, the state also has over 22,000 oxygen beds ready for use. The state also has an adequate supply of Remdesivir, he said.
Reserving 80% of beds won’t help: Private hospitals
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 06:00 IST
Private hospitals have said that the government’s move of reserving 75-80 per cent of
beds for
covid treatment will not help in any way. This will only increase the plight of patients who will be shifted to a government quota and face further inconvenience.
Strongly condemning this, Dr Prasanna H M, President of the
Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (PHANA), said, “The
State Government does not understand that by increasing the reservation to 75 per cent, there won’t be any addition of beds. Currently, there are 2 lakh-plus active cases in Bengaluru.