Amid growing concern over the shortage of hospital beds for Coronavirus patients within the capital, the Delhi government has decided to use hotel rooms as wards to reinforce capacity. Hotel rooms are going to be commandeered by different Delhi hospitals in order that low-risk patients are often shifted there, freeing hospital beds for more critical cases.

The cost of the hotel rooms is going to be set by each hospital that the hotel is attached to. Of the entire sum paid by the patient, Rs 4,000-5,000 will attend the hotel while the remainder of the quantity will attend the hospital.

Hospitals also will be liable for fixing the hotel rooms also for creating suitable modifications and providing other medical requirements. According to sources within the Delhi government, the hotel rooms are going to be reserved for asymptomatic patients or those that have recovered but are waiting to be discharged. this may allow hospitals to utilize their beds for more serious patients.

According to a preliminary list, over 1,000 rooms are reserved by five Delhi hospitals in top hotels. The breakup of this is often as follows:

1. Max Saket - Sheraton Hotel (220 beds)

2. Apollo Hospital - Hotel Surya New Friends Colony (200 beds)

3. Batra Hospital - Hotel Crown Plaza (400 beds)

4. BL Kapur Hospital- Hotel Siddharth (200 beds)

5. Ganga Ram Hospital- Hotel Jivetesh

The move comes as Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the capital will see over 56,000 coronavirus cases by the top of subsequent fortnight .He also said, on the Delhi Corona App, nearly half the 8,500 beds are showing as vacant. "But we'll need 15,000-17,000 beds in 14-15 days as cases will rise," he added.

On Sunday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that hospitals travel by the Delhi government and personal entities will only treat Delhiites during the coronavirus crisis.

The Delhi L-G's office has now overruled the choice.

From June 8, the Delhi inter-state border has been opened and malls, restaurants and worship places allowed to resume functioning in adherence to all or any Covid-19 safety norms. The unlocking is predicted to cause a spike in coronavirus cases.

Delhi has been reporting over 1,000 coronavirus cases daily over the past few days. The number of coronavirus cases within the capital crossed the 28,000-mark with 1,282 fresh infections, while the price climbed to 812 on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Ms. Preeti Sudan, Union Health Secretary held a review meeting with the District Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, Chief Medical Officers, Superintendent of District Hospitals and Principles of Medical Colleges from 45 municipalities/municipal corporations across 38 districts in ten states, that are witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases. These districts are from the following States/UTs: Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Uttarakhand& Madhya Pradesh. The main issues discussed were the widespread infection in densely populated urban areas, with areas that shared public amenities; the importance of house-to-house surveys; prompt testing followed by prompt isolation and clinical management of cases and containment strategy to be implemented.

Areas that need constant attention included an active house-to-house survey for timely detection; augmentation of the survey teams; efficient ambulance management; efficient triaging of patients at the hospitals and bed management; clinical management of the hospitalized cases through rotational 24*7 teams to ensure a reduction in the fatality rates. They were also advised to ensure that the testing results were returned by the labs in time for ensuring early identification and timely treatment. So far, a total of 1,24,430 people has been cured of COVID-19. 5,137 patients were cured in the last 24 hours. This takes the total recovery rate to 48.49%. The total number of active cases is now 1,24,981.

Story Source: India Today