Omicron surge: Kerala authorities asks personal hospitals to put aside 50 per cent beds for COVID sufferers

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid surging coronavirus circumstances in Kerala, the well being division on Saturday instructed personal hospitals within the state to put aside 50 per cent of beds for COVID-19 sufferers.

The division requested personal hospitals handy over particulars of day by day admissions within the ICUs, use of ventilators and beds to the District Medical Officers.

“The personal hospitals must submit their day by day admissions in hospitals together with the variety of occupants within the ICUs and use of ventilators to the DMOs involved.

Those hospitals which refuse to handover the information will face strict motion,” Health Minister Veena George stated in a launch.

Kerala at this time reported 45,136 new COVID-19 circumstances, taking the depend to 55,74,702.

The state had on Thursday logged 46,387 recent circumstances, the very best single day spike for the reason that outbreak of the pandemic in 2020.

“During the first and the second wave, we received immense support from the private hospitals. Even this time, we expect the same,” the minister stated.

The choice to direct the personal hospitals to put aside 50 per cent of beds for COVID-19 sufferers was taken through the speedy response crew’s day by day analysis assembly which urged eligible folks to get their vaccination doses towards the virus on the earliest.