50% of private hospital beds for COVID-19 patients
The Hindu
The State Health Department has instructed private hospitals to allocate a minimum of 50% of their total bed strength exclusively to treat COVID-19 patients.In an order issued on Friday, Health Secret
The State Health Department has instructed private hospitals to allocate a minimum of 50% of their total bed strength exclusively to treat COVID-19 patients. In an order issued on Friday, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services had permitted 578 hospitals in the State to treat patients with COVID-19 infection, apart from the government healthcare facilities. The allocation was necessitated because of the rapid surge in cases in the second wave of the pandemic and as the need for hospitalisation had increased, the GO said. As per the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishment Act, the government had instructed the empanelled hospitals to reduce the number of admissions and elective procedures.More Related News