Summary:
Rao further told the bench that the Delhi government should propose a centralised allocation of beds. Meanwhile, pointing to the dip in the number of beds provided by the Centre as compared to earlier, senior advocate Rahul Mehra, on behalf of Delhi government, submitted: "...as of today, the total number of Covid beds of Centre are 3,861. Mehra further told the court there have been no beds provided by the centre "despite it being the worst possible pandemic'. At this point, petitioner Rakesh Malhotra told the court that beds have also been reduced at the Trauma Centre in AIIMS Jhajjar. The counsel also told the court that out of 592 ICU beds, 591 beds are occupied in Delhi government hospitals..