"Delhi Government has decided to augment the availability of beds for Covid patients in these Delhi government hospitals in addition to the already existing ones, this will be paramount in order to successfully combat the third wave," he tweeted. Jain also tweeted,"Government has decided to augment the availability of 685 beds for Covid patients in these pvt hospitals in addition to the already existing ones." The 14 private hospitals include Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Fortis hospital, Shalimar Bagh and Max hospital, Patparganj. The number of existing COVID-19 beds at these private hospitals currently stands at 1,756 and revised bed strength is to be 2,441. According to the Thursday bulletin, out of the total number of 15,803 beds in COVID hospitals, 8,572 are vacant.

Source: Mint November 06, 2020 15:22 UTC