New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday instructed the city health officials to increase COVID bed in all the private and government hospitals in the national capital. He added that the bed count must be at par with the available bed count in November last year when corona was at its peak.
In an emergency review meeting, he said that the fourth peak of the coronavirus is most dangerous than ever and there should be no dearth in the number of COVID beds available.
“We must ensure our bed availability in government and private hospitals to be at par with November last year, and we will further request the Central government to increase Covid beds in central government hospitals as well. Delhi’s COVID situation is very serious, the fourth peak of the virus most dangerous than ever. There should be no dearth in the number of beds available,” Kejriwal said.
In the meeting, the officials apprised the CM regarding the number of beds available in all the government and private hospitals in Delhi. They told the CM that the beds are rapidly getting occupied by the Corona patients in Delhi.
Further he posed three requests to the people of Delhi – following Covid protocols, not rushing to hospitals unnecessarily, and getting vaccinated. In the meeting, he expressed concerns over people with very mild or no symptoms reaching hospitals and occupying beds, which is leading to an increase in the number of patients in hospitals. He said that the beds should be available only for serious patients and all other patients must be treated under home isolation.
Along with instructing the increase of all beds, including oxygen, ICU, and normal beds for Covid patients, Kejriwal also instructed the officials to convert private and government hospitals to fully Covid dedicated hospitals.
The meeting was attended by Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Health Secretary, Health Secretary, and other health officials.
