Even as Delhi is witnessing a steep rise in the number of novel coronavirus cases, almost all ICU beds in most of the private hospitals in the national capital are now occupied. Only severely-ill patients need Covid ICU beds.
According to doctors, there is an increase of 4 per cent of patients admitted to ICU in the past 10 days.
Badrinath (77), a resident of Delhi, had tested positive for coronavirus. After his oxygen levels dropped below 80, his family ran from one private hospital to another to find an ICU bed. They finally found an ICU bed at Delhi government’s Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospital.
Badrinath’s granddaughter Sonali Bhiyani said: “We took him to Max Hospital and Sir Gangaram in a car, but did not get the bed. His condition worsened. After a lot of recommendations, he was finally allocated a bed in Rajiv Gandhi Super speciality hospital.”
According to the Delhi Corona App, ICU beds are not available in most of the private hospitals in Delhi.
There are a total of 1,264 ICU Beds with ventilators. Out of these, 500 are available and around 764 are occupied.
