All hospitals ordered to reserve 50% of beds for COVID-19 patients

Kannur Collector issues order under Disaster Management Act

Kannur District Collector T.V. Subhash, who is also the chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority, has directed that half of the beds in all the hospitals in the district be set aside for COVID-19 treatment to ensure specialist treatment for all in view of the increasing number of cases in the district. The action was taken under Sections 24 and 65 of the Disaster Management Act. According to this, all government and private hospitals, including medical colleges in the district, co-operative and ESI hospitals should reserve 50 per cent of their beds for COVID patients. Admission to 25 per cent of the reserved half beds will be done through the DDMA. Category B and C patients with severe symptoms will be admitted. At the same time, the order said that hospitals should make arrangements to provide necessary treatment to non-COVID patients seeking emergency treatment.