âTreating Covid patients doesnât require the top-level medical expertise of these specialty hospitals where complicated and very advanced surgeries are performed,â said Gyani, speaking before the order was partially revised.
âItâs the governmentâs responsibility in New Delhi to prepare facilities to cope with the pandemic. When they failed to do so, they dumped their responsibility on to private hospitals to cover their own deficiencies. Thatâs no solution.â
Indiaâs healthcare system is a hybrid of free government-run hospitals and private hospitals and clinics. With the government hospitals underfunded, overcrowded and lacking in modern resources, particularly in big cities such as Delhi, private hospitals are seen as essential for those seeking more specialist treatment who are able to afford it. The 14 private hospitals which will now mostly be dedicated to Covid care are among the most popular in the city.
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Govt. rescinds order on regular patients
The Delhi government on Wednesday linked hotels, banquet halls, and other buildings with hospitals, which will add 3,269 beds for COVID-19 treatment, as per official orders.
The government had taken a similar step last year when the city was witnessing another surge in cases.
The number of beds for COVID-19 treatment in Delhi government-run hospitals was also increased by 718, as per another order. Also, 28 ICU beds with ventilators and 187 ICU beds without ventilators were added.
Banquet halls and other buildings were linked with five Delhi government hospitals, which will add a total of 875 beds.
Hotels and banquet halls were linked with 23 private hospitals, converting them into “extended COVID hospitals”. This will add 2,394 beds for COVID-19 treatment in two phases.