राजधानी दिल्ली में कोरोना वायरस (COVID-19) की संक्रमण दर धीमी पड़ने के बावजूद अचानक से अस्पतालों Number of patients increasing in Delhi hospitals now hospital beds are being filled due to these reasons - Hindustan
The number of people discharged from hospitals on a daily basis after recovering from COVID-19 has outnumbered the number of those getting admitted since May 14, the data showed.
As daily cases decline, vacant beds count increase at hospitals in Delhi
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Last Updated: May 19, 2021, 01:38 PM IST
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About a few weeks ago, in the middle of the worst phase of the second wave of the pandemic, there was a massive shortage of beds with oxygen supply, and ICU beds and ICU beds with ventilators, with cases spiralling up to as high as over 28,000 on April 20, with a huge number of fatalities recorded every day.
At the Delhi government-run hospitals, the tally of vacant ICU beds were GTB Hospital (411 beds out of 900), LNJP Hospital (266 out of 750), Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (133 out of 325), among other facilities.
A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli, which held a four-hour-long special hearing on a holiday on various issues relating to the COVID-19 situation, said it appears there is choking of beds taking place in hospitals and nursing homes.
File report on health infra by April 28: SC
File report on health infra by April 28: SC
IANS / Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
States told; apex court does not restrain HCs from passing COVID-related orders
NEWDELHI The
Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the State Governments to file report on their health infrastructure and did not restrain the
High Courts from passing any order on
COVID.
The Supreme Court was hearing the suo motu case on COVID management in the country.
The apex court asked the state governments to file replies by Thursday with regard to their health infrastructure and said that the High Courts are not restrained from passing any directions as they are hearing the cases in their respective states and they know the ground situation better.