The Delhi government has decided to increase 5,650 normal beds and 2,075 ICU beds for coronavirus patients in 14 hospitals, along with 2,800 beds in eight COVID-care centres, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Delhi government has decided to increase 5,650 normal beds and 2,075 ICU beds for coronavirus patients in 14 hospitals, along with 2,800 beds in eight COVID-care centres, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday. India News | Delhi Govt to Increase Beds in Hospitals, COVID-care Centres: Health Minister.
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Gasping for air
By Reuters Published: May 06, 2021 06:03 PM Weakened by fever and gasping for breath, 47-year-old Vinod Kumar died in an ambulance more than 60 kilometers from his home in India s eastern Bihar state, far from the big cities at the center of the nation s devastating COVID-19 crisis.
Health workers in PPE check a COVID-19 patient to an isolation ward at the temporary COVID-19 Care facility center attached to LNJP Hospital, at Shehnai Banquet in New Delhi, India, on April 29. Photo: VCGHis death last week followed a frantic journey and dozens of phone calls by desperate relatives in search of a hospital bed and oxygen supplies, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus disease cases exposes the limitations of health facilities in the countryside.