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Tribune News ServiceChandigarh April 16The Mohali administration on Friday ordered the seven private hospitals to set aside at least 50 per cent of their total bed capacity as isolation beds and wards for COVID care. “The district possesses minimal public health infrastructure given that the district hospital is under re-construction as a medical college – which will take time. The Civil Surgeon Mohali shall decide on the exact number of beds and ambulances based on overall capacity of the hospital. Private hospitals in the district shall not refuse admission or treatment to patients of COVID-19 referred by the Civil Surgeon Mohali. The hospitals shall ensure that staff – doctors nurses and paramedics—are all available on duty and no one shall refuse treatment..