Gurugram: The Ministry of Health has directed all city hospitals to order 25% of their beds for covid patients and make units separate for omicron patients.
In the past seven days, Gurgaon has added 316 new Covid cases, with the department anticipating that the availability of beds can be a reason to worry in the coming days.
With 76 patients testing positive on Tuesday, the daily case is likely to rise more than 100.
“We increase testing, and Covid cases are likely to rise.
Hospitals will order 25% of their beds for Covid patients because we expect a surge In the coming days.
Each hospital will have separate wings to deal with Omicron patients, “said Virender Yadav, Chief Medical Officer, Gurgaon.
At present, six covid patients are at the city hospital.
While one on high flow oxygen, the other five are in observation.
The city currently has 75 hospitals that take care of covid patients.
There were 5,653 beds for covid patients, including 669 ICU beds without ventilators and other 327 with ventilators.
Most of the beds in private hospitals, but 501 beds directly under the supervision of the state government.
The hospital knows Devi Lal Maxeshift has 100 beds, M3M in the 67 sector has 100 beds, and the 14 College sector has 100 beds.
SECTOR 9 ESI Hospital has 80 beds, sector 10 civil hospitals have 45 beds, sector 31 polyclinics have 26 beds, government hospitals in Pataudi and Sohna each have 25 beds.
Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg said, “We are ready to handle hospitalization 100 beds.
Garg clarified that SGT and Medeor were not a government hospital, and the district administration had not taken their management.
“They are separate entities such as other private hospitals.
We have nearly 500 beds in the government government to handle cases,” he added.
During the district assignment cluster meeting on Tuesday, the administration asked all hospitals to ensure they could handle all types of emergencies.
Garg said, “At present, we have very little hospitalization which is a good sign.
But we are in a warning to handle critical situations if and when they appear.” He also said that it was mandatory to follow the Covid protocol.