The state health department has allowed private hospitals and nursing homes to increase their bed strength by up to 40 per cent to cope with the rising number of Covid patients in need of admission.
Private healthcare providers will not have to deposit any fees for extra beds, the department said in a circular.
“In the present scenario of resurgence of Covid-19 infections it has become necessary to increase the bed strength of all private nursing homes and hospitals to combat the present rising trend of Covid-19 positive cases,” Ajay Chakraborty, the state s director of health services, said in the notification.