Summary:
The hospitals authorities began shifting nearly 200 in-patients of the hospital to other hospitals in the city by afternoon. Incidentally, a few private hospitals had in the morning sought the consent of the medical college authorities for shifting their patients. A ward, which can accommodate 100 patients, has been readied at the medical college for receiving additional patients. Some private hospitals too shifted their patients to other hospitals. Meanwhile, the authorities at the Government Medical College, Kalamassery, completed preparations for receiving patients from other hospitals..