Pvt hosps named COVID facilities await clearer instructions on non COVID treatment

Delhi | Tuesday | 13th April, 2021

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New Delhi: A day after the Delhi government declared 14 private hospitals as "full COVID-19" facilities, these health centres on Tuesday were trying to accommodate existing non-COVID patients for the lack of clearer instructions. The Delhi government directed these 14 hospitals not to admit any non-COVID patients till further orders. These included Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Max SS Hospital and Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh. "We are waiting to get clarification from the Delhi government regarding management of emergency and casualty, non-COVID patients. "We are exploring ways to implement the Delhi government orders at the earliest, keeping in mind that it causes minimum inconvenience to our existing non-COVID patients..