Summary:
Ghaziabad: The officials of the Ghaziabad administration said on Sunday that 28% of total beds allotted for Covid-19 patients in hospitals is vacant, especially in government healthcare facilities.
This statement comes as the Covid-positive patients complain of struggling to get beds for treatment.
There are 2,496 Covid-19 beds available in the district — 1,538 in 25 private hospitals, and 958 in three government facilities in Sanjay Nagar, Santosh Medical College, and Rama Medical College (Pilkhuwa) — of which 1,786 are occupied, according to the official data as of Sunday.
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Ghaziabad: The officials of the Ghaziabad administration said on Sunday that 28% of total beds allotted for Covid-19 patients in hospitals is vacant, especially in government healthcare facilities.
This statement comes as the Covid-positive patients complain of struggling to get beds for treatment.
There are 2,496 Covid-19 beds available in the district — 1,538 in 25 private hospitals, and 958 in three government facilities in Sanjay Nagar, Santosh Medical College, and Rama Medical College (Pilkhuwa) — of which 1,786 are occupied, according to the official data as of Sunday.
“About 72% of the total beds are occupied.
These also include 440 ICU beds, of which 330 are occupied.
We have only 210 vacant beds in private hospitals as of Sunday...
There are issues of bed availability as some hospitals with regular oxygen supply problems are not admitting patients,” said an officer familiar with the development, requesting anonymity.
HT on Saturday (April 17) published a report in which Ajay Shankar Pandey, district magistrate, had assured of putting up a list showing the number of beds available over the official district website.