Kolkata: Shortage of Covid beds create panic amid rise in cases – Times Now

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Kolkata: Amidst the outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus, Kolkata faces a shortage of covid beds. Kolkata recorded 937 cases in the past 24 hours, with the number of positive patients going up, the covid beds are falling short.

“All are requested to bring to our notice if there is any refusal of admission due to non-vacancy in any CE (clinical establishment) so that the matter may be taken to resolve and redirect where admission can take place,”  said the health commission addressing people as per The Telegraph.

Daily hospitals are receiving 30 patients on average who are semi-critical or critical. There are several complaints that the commission has received regarding the non-availability of beds. “We have 38 Covid beds, out of which 18 are ICU beds. All beds are occupied. We are working on adding 18 ICU beds soon,” said an official of Apollo Hospital.

“A few Covid patients were refused admission because all our Covid beds are occupied. We will not be able to increase the number of Covid beds again immediately as the demand of non-Covid patients is also very high,” said Pradip Tondon, the chief executive officer of Belle Vue Clinic.

However, there are several hospitals that are trying to increase their capacity of covid beds. Belle Vue Clinic added 13 beds to their existing 93 beds. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Science strengthened themselves with 28 covid beds and 5 isolation beds. Most private hospitals demanded critical care beds from the health department.

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