Pune: Despite a decrease in the case, the district administration stepped carefully before releasing a covid backup bed for non-covid care in a private hospital in the Pune Metropolitan area (PMR).
Administration has reduced a reservation of 80% of beds in private hospitals up to 50%, too, provided that the hospital will increase bed reservations within 72 hours, if there is a surge in Covid case.
Private hospitals, however, have criticized the move, describing it “inappropriate for” because they cannot refuse to enter non-covid patients.
“At present, we only have 30 covid patients at 831 hospitals.
More than 90% of patients currently approach hospitals for elective operations and treatment of various other non-covid diseases.
Bed reservations must be needed.
We cannot refuse to enter To non-covid patients, “said Deputy Director of Medical Hospital Bharati Jitendra Oswal.
Approve, Vinod Sawantwadkar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jehangir Hospital said, “It was right on the administration section to make a large bed reservation.
But we cannot refuse to enter non-covid patients.
Now more than 90% From our medical work is about treating and attending non-covid patients.
“” Small hospital finds a 50% bed reservation at this time for Covid inappropriate because we have to treat each patient regardless of whether S / Heis covid or non-covid, ” said Sanjay Patil, Chairperson, the Indian Medical Association Hospital.
Sanjay Deshmukh, Deputy Director, Health Service (Pune Region), said, “50% reservation for Covid for Covid even when the cases had fallen away was a precautionary step.
This is a way to ensure readiness in the third wave case.”