NEW DELHI: Less than 1.5%of over 1.30 lakh medical facility beds earmarked for
Covid-19
patients throughout the nation are currently being utilised and this might see, depending on trajectory of cases, an evaluation of hospital preparedness prepares that may free up some beds for non-Covid care, which has actually suffered in the last few months.
” Our
healthcare facilities
are not overwhelmed as we have stepped up capacity throughout the lockdown. Most cases are mild and very few need hospitalisation. At present, only 1,000 to 2,000 beds are utilised out of over 1.30 lakh beds earmarked with ICU and
oxygen assistance
(which