However, beds with ventilators are available at the government-run hospitals. Of the 5,765 beds earmarked for Covid patients, 4,301 are vacant. Of the total 785 ICU beds with ventilators, 544 are vacant and 887 of the 1,210 ICU beds without ventilators are available too.
Hospitals are now making preparations to meet a surge.
“We are making appropriate arrangements with rise in cases, the infrastructure is being strengthened,” said Dr Sandeep Budhiraja, the Group director of Max Hospitals.
Amid a spike in cases, the government of Delhi has urged people to maintain Covid appropriate behavior to avoid the situation Delhi was in last year when almost all the hospitals had run out of crucial healthcare infrastructure as the infection surged in November.
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