Beds At Private Hospitals

The number of beds available at emergency departments accounted for only 3-5% of total hospital beds in country, says a report that accessed prevailing status of 100 emergency and injury care centres in government and private hospital settings.

Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested a male nurse of a private hospital in Jaipur for taking a bribe for arranging an ICU bed for a COVID-19 patient at a government facility, an official statement said.

As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Mumbai, the city's civic body is preparing for a possible shortage of hospital beds, thus adding and reserving more beds for Covid patients. At private hospitals, all ICU beds and 80 per cent of all Covid beds will be reserved for centralised allotment to patients through the civic body's "Ward War Rooms".

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday the city government has instructed 33 big private hospitals in the national capital to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients, amid a shortage of such beds at some facilities.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it was not feasible for it to cap charges for all beds at private hospitals and nursing homes in the state.

Amid rise in the number of coronavirus infections in Delhi, a panel set up by the Union Home Ministry has recommended lowering the cost of isolation beds and treatment at the intensive care units at the private hospitals in the national capital in a huge relief to COVID-19 patients. The recommendations come after Union Home Minister Amit Shahheld a...

Hospitals run by the Delhi government and some private hospitals will be reserved only for residents of the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, amid a huge controversy over availability of beds. At the same time, he said that Delhi will unseal its borders, which were sealed in the first place "thinking that our hospitals will be ...

India has recorded 6,088 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours - the biggest single-day jump in numbers - Health Ministry data showed this morning, with 148 deaths reported in the same period. This takes the total number of cases to 1.18 lakhs and total deaths to 3,583. The number of people who have recovered has risen to 48,534 and the recove...

Oscar Pistorius was treated for injuries at a private hospital and has returned to a South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a prison official said Sunday.

The Delhi government has ordered an extra 1,000 beds for public hospitals to treat dengue patients following the suicide of a couple whose 7-year-old son died after allegedly being refused treatment at a number of hospitals.

In a recent document submitted by the P/north ward office to the Building Proposal department for the western suburbs, ward officials have stated the need to check on irregularities in a private hospital at Malad (West).

An 11-year-old, lies on his back on a hospital bed in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, staring at the ceiling. His small feet are swathed in bandages. He has reportedly told the police that his teachers at a private madrassa pressed a hot iron against them to punish him for not committing his lessons to memory.

The number of beds available at emergency departments accounted for only 3-5% of total hospital beds in country, says a report that accessed prevailing status of 100 emergency and injury care centres in government and private hospital settings.

Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested a male nurse of a private hospital in Jaipur for taking a bribe for arranging an ICU bed for a COVID-19 patient at a government facility, an official statement said.

As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Mumbai, the city's civic body is preparing for a possible shortage of hospital beds, thus adding and reserving more beds for Covid patients. At private hospitals, all ICU beds and 80 per cent of all Covid beds will be reserved for centralised allotment to patients through the civic body's "Ward War Rooms".

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Sunday the city government has instructed 33 big private hospitals in the national capital to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients, amid a shortage of such beds at some facilities.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it was not feasible for it to cap charges for all beds at private hospitals and nursing homes in the state.

Amid rise in the number of coronavirus infections in Delhi, a panel set up by the Union Home Ministry has recommended lowering the cost of isolation beds and treatment at the intensive care units at the private hospitals in the national capital in a huge relief to COVID-19 patients. The recommendations come after Union Home Minister Amit Shahheld a...

Hospitals run by the Delhi government and some private hospitals will be reserved only for residents of the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, amid a huge controversy over availability of beds. At the same time, he said that Delhi will unseal its borders, which were sealed in the first place "thinking that our hospitals will be ...

India has recorded 6,088 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours - the biggest single-day jump in numbers - Health Ministry data showed this morning, with 148 deaths reported in the same period. This takes the total number of cases to 1.18 lakhs and total deaths to 3,583. The number of people who have recovered has risen to 48,534 and the recove...

Oscar Pistorius was treated for injuries at a private hospital and has returned to a South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a prison official said Sunday.

The Delhi government has ordered an extra 1,000 beds for public hospitals to treat dengue patients following the suicide of a couple whose 7-year-old son died after allegedly being refused treatment at a number of hospitals.

In a recent document submitted by the P/north ward office to the Building Proposal department for the western suburbs, ward officials have stated the need to check on irregularities in a private hospital at Malad (West).

An 11-year-old, lies on his back on a hospital bed in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, staring at the ceiling. His small feet are swathed in bandages. He has reportedly told the police that his teachers at a private madrassa pressed a hot iron against them to punish him for not committing his lessons to memory.