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It, albeit late, seems to have grasped the gravity of the situation.
The healthcare authorities insist that the beds would be ready in a week to 10 days, taking the number of ICU beds in those hospitals to 200.
But what about the public hospitals outside Dhaka? Are those hospitals prepared to tackle the situation everyone is fearing?
Unfortunately, the answer is no.
Data from the health directorate backs it up.
There only have 602 ICU beds in the public and private hospitals across the country dedicated to Covid-19 patients. Of those, 433 beds were occupied as of yesterday.
This was not supposed be.