Vadodara: At the peak of the pandemic in May, 11,089 Covid-19 beds were occupied in hospitals with patients waiting in the queue to want an adequate bed.
Fortunately the worst is over and today, has dropped drastically low for only 42 beds in Vadodara on Thursday.
Pandemic has caused a panic situation on the availability of beds, oxygen, and several drugs in the city.
However, the situation began to subside at a much faster level compared to the emergence of waves.
In the second week of May, around 14,200 Covid-19 beds are available in the city.
When hospitalization was topped on May 4, 14,043 beds available and 11,089 of them were occupied.
On Thursday, the number is only 42 of 6,048 beds available.
Sources at Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) said that most small hospitals were stopped acknowledging Covid patients because the beds were quite available in larger hospitals.
“Also, they want to start their routine work because there are almost no Covid cases reported,” said an official.
However, VMC is not looking to reduce the number of beds drastically.
It has been done to ensure that if there is a third wave, the bed is quite available if there is a sharp increase.
The emergency hospital begins by the government has also ended.
But equipment in place where this appears has not been dismantled as a precautionary measure.