Coronavirus | Odisha directs private hospitals to reserve 50% beds for patients
The Hindu
Move to decongest government health facilities
The Odisha government on Thursday directed all private hospitals to reserve 50% of their beds for admitting COVID-19 patients and charge reasonable cost. The government has fixed treatment cost to be charged by private hospitals. The 50% reservation will also be applicable to intensive care unit and high density unit beds. The government came up with instruction in order to decongest government health facilities. “It is observed that the private hospitals are treating non-COVID cases, but when they find such patients to be COVID-19 positive during the treatment, they immediately request the government machinery to shift the patient to a government COVID facility,” said Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, Additional Chief Secretary (Health), on Thursday.More Related News