All pvt hosp to allot 50% beds for Covid care

All pvt hosp to allot 50% beds for Covid care

Chennai:01.05.2021

All private hospitals in Tamil Nadu have been instructed to allot 50% of beds across all categories, including oxygen beds and ones in ICU, for Covid care.

In a two-page order issued on Friday, state health secretary J Radhakrishnan also asked private hospitals to reduce or avoid elective surgeries and planned admissions until further orders. Many private medical college hospitals in TN have allotted less than 100 beds, while private hospitals have allotted 25% or fewer beds for Covid, he said.

Available beds are being converted into oxygen beds, he told reporters at a press conference. So far, the directorate of medical and rural health services has given permission to 578 private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients. “Now Covid care is being expanded to all hospitals in the state,” he said. Director of medical education Dr R Narayanababu said he has been working with the private medical colleges to increase beds and standardize treatment protocols.