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    Home / News / India News / Coronavirus: How Delhi government plans to ready healthcare infrastructure?
    Coronavirus: How Delhi government plans to ready healthcare infrastructure?
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    Coronavirus: How Delhi government plans to ready healthcare infrastructure?

    By Shalini Ojha
    Jun 11, 2020
    01:47 am
    Coronavirus: How Delhi government plans to ready healthcare infrastructure?

    Coronavirus cases in Delhi will reach 5.5 lakh by July end and 80,000 beds will be required, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Tuesday while taking into account the doubling rate. To deal with this spurt, L-G Anil Baijal directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to ready health infrastructure on war-footing. Now, the government plans to increase beds in 22 private hospitals.

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    To save hospitals, Delhi reserved them; order was overturned later

    Until Monday night, Delhi recorded 1,007 fresh COVID-19 cases and 62 deaths. Surprisingly, the government didn't release the health bulletin on Tuesday. Last week, the AAP government said till the time the pandemic crisis doesn't subside, state-run and private hospitals would only treat Delhi residents. The order was overturned by Baijal, triggering a reaction from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that Delhi's residents could suffer.

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    Delhi government has to arrange thousands of beds soon

    Addressing reporters after yesterday's crucial meeting, Sisodia said Baijal didn't lay a plan to help the overwhelmed healthcare system, much to AAP's discontent. Meanwhile, as per the party's calculation, Delhi needs thousands of beds in just 52 days. To achieve the same, beds will be more than doubled in private facilities like Apollo, Batra, Fortis, Max, BL Kapoor, Maharaja Agrasen, and Venkateswara, said reports.

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    Stadiums could be turned into makeshift hospitals

    These aforementioned hospitals currently have 1,441 beds for COVID-19 patients and with this development, they would be increased to 3,456. Reports suggested the government plans to take the bed count to 11,842 by June 20. Besides this, a government panel, headed by Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar, also recommended to Baijal that stadiums should be turned into makeshift hospitals to tackle the surge.

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    Hotels were linked with hospitals to deal with bed crunch

    The stadiums that could be turned into temporary hospitals are Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, and Dhyanchand National Stadium. Further, the state government has also reportedly tied eight upscale hotels to major hospitals, capping the cost of beds at Rs. 10,000/day. This cost includes housekeeping and food. The medical services are the responsibility of the respective hospitals.

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    Not only beds, Delhi is facing shortage of VTMs too

    While Delhi is already facing a shortage of beds, it will also soon run out of viral transport mediums (VTMs). This equipment is required for collecting and transporting test samples. Delhi's stock of 12,000 VTMs will last just 10 days. A senior official said Delhi can't be blamed for this alone as the entire nation is dealing with the same problem.

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    Delhi is testing less because it has fewer VTMs left

    "One of the reasons why testing was being carried out in a restricted manner is also the shortage of VTMs. When there is a shortage of product, we have to rationalize its use," a government official, who chose to remain anonymous, told HT.

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