COVID-19: Ludhiana DC instructs hospitals to increase bed capacity by 25 pc ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 14:46 IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Sunday directed all private hospitals on board, to immediately increase the bed capacity to at least 25 per cent by today evening to ensure the treatment to all COVID-19 patients.
Presiding over a virtual meeting with hospitals along with ADC (D) Sandeep Kumar, DDLG Amit Bambi and Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia Gill, Deputy Commissioner said that with the virulent spread of deadliest coronavirus in the district and filling up of almost all level-3 beds, there is an immediate need to scale up the bed capacity and directed health institutions to add at least 25 per cent more beds of their total capacity to cater the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
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