With hospital beds for Covid-19 patients in Gurgaon falling massively short, District Magistrate Yash Garg has issued orders directing hospitals to increase the number of beds under the general category reserved for Covid patients to at least 60 per cent of total capacity and reserve ICU and ventilator beds to 75 per cent of total bed capacity. Prior to this, 40 per cent of the beds under the general category and 70 per cent of the ICU and ventilator bed capacity were reserved for Covid patients. Therefore, it has been decided to reserve sufficient number of beds at designated private hospitals for COVID patients,” the order stated. “Hospitals can admit any patient and patients can approach hospitals independently as well,” he clarified. Gurgaon also recorded its highest single day spike in fatalities on the day, with 10 people succumbing to the infection.

Source: Indian Express April 23, 2021 06:02 UTC