They finally got her into the emergency room of a private hospital by which time her saturation levels had dropped to 40. In both instances, the Bengaluru civic body’s central hospital bed management system had shown that there were no oxygenated beds available. Given how oxygenated beds, ICU beds and ventilators are hard to come by, touts have entered the fray. As on May 6, private hospitals had allocated 2,054 general beds, 1,554 HDU beds, 291 ICU beds and 174 ICU with ventilator beds. After several calls, he was sent an ambulance and asked to go to a private hospital in south Bengaluru.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2021 20:30 UTC