After COVID19 cases dip, six Delhi govt hospitals back to fully non-Covid operational

Among the 11 nominated hospitals, six have been turned fully non-Covid, while beds have been reduced in the rest.

As the cases of COVID19 have lowered in national capital Delhi, Delhi government has removed six of its hospitals from among those handling Covid-19 cases. The number of beds reserved for Covid patients in several hospitals has been significantly decreased.

Delhi prime hospital Lok NayaK Hospital has now just reserving just 300 beds for Covid patients from the 2,000 beds earlier, while the 1,500-bedded Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital ceased to have even a single Covid bed.

Among the 11 nominated hospitals, six have been turned fully non-Covid, while beds have been reduced in the rest.

Lok Nayak Hospital, which was India’s largest Covid care centre when the pandemic was at its peak, is back to normal operations and has re-started OPD services.  Medical Director at Lok Nayak said that only 31 of the 300 beds are occupied. “Among the 31 patients, 14 are in the ICU. We have 50 ICU beds with ventilators and 50 ICU beds without ventilators,” disclosed Kumar. The hospital has so far treated 11,000 Covid patients and arguably has recorded the highest number of Covid recoveries in the country.

The hospitals declared fully non-Covid are GTB, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Deep Chand Bandhu, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial, Acharya Shree Bhikshu and SRC Hospital. Those where the number of Covid beds has been slashed include Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Burari, Ambedkar Nagar and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital.