The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Sunday ordered to set up 20,000 new beds for coronavirus patients in the national Capital with...
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government on Sunday ordered to set up 20,000 new beds for coronavirus patients in the national Capital within a week, ANI reported. There will be 11,000 beds in banquets halls, 5,000 in nursing homes and 4,000 in hotels.
This came amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in the Capital. Delhi is one of the worst-hit states during the pandemic with 38,958 cases and 1,271 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The Delhi government on Saturday said that small and medium multi-specialty nursing homes in the city with a capacity of 10 to 49 beds have been declared as “Covid nursing homes”, PTI reported.
“In order to avoid intermingling of Covid and non-Covid patients in small and medium multi-specialty nursing homes [10 bedded to 49 bedded] and also to augment the bed capacity for Covid-19 patients, all nursing homes in NCT [National Capital Territory] of Delhi having bed strength of 10 beds or more up to 49 beds are declared as Covid nursing homes,” the order read.
However, the government exempted standalone exclusive eye centres, ENT centres, dialysis centres, maternity homes and in vitro fertilisation centres.
The government said the nursing homes have to ensure that the Covid beds are ready within...
