Mumbai: BMC Covid dashboard says 42 ICU beds available, call centre says none; AAP leader flags wrong data

An AAP leader has claimed that there is a vast discrepancy between the data on available beds in Mumbai on the BMC Covid dashboard and the ground reality.

Aam Aadmi Party’s national joint secretary in Mumbai, Ruben Mascarenhas, has claimed that there was a vast difference between the data on available medical facilities on the BMC Covid dashboard and the ground reality. Our helpline -7718812200 has been flooded with calls, we've been painstakingly maintaining data.It breaks our heart to see patients dial the war room only to be told no ICU-Ventilator beds available. Same feedback when we call individual hospitals.#COVIDEmergency2021 #Mumbai Ruben Mascarenhas, who runs a helpline to assist people searching for essential supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic, said that the condition on ground zero was bad. On Thursday, the AAP leader tweeted that there were no ICU beds available in Mumbai, even as the BMC dashboard said 42 beds were free.