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Hospitals should display bed availability and rate card at the entrance:
BBMP Chief
Bengaluru and
Karnataka, the
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike does not want to be caught on the wrong foot again. Last year, there was a huge gap between the demand and supply of beds for covid patients.
This year, in the few weeks that cases have started to rise, patients are feeling the shortage of beds already. To address this,
N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Commissioner, has instructed private hospitals to reserve 10 per cent of their beds exclusively for covid patients. He said that during the first wave, 50 per cent of the beds in private hospitals were reserved for covid patients. However, it was eased gradually with the decrease in covid cases. “Now, we are seeing a surge in covid cases and most of the beds in government facilities are occupied to full capacity. Hence, we want private hospitals to chip in by reserving 10 per cent dedicated beds in all four categories - general wards, h