Delhi: All nursing homes with 10-49 beds declared Covid-19 hospitals
New Delhi : Coronavirus cases in Delhi are rising steeply and to make sure that people have optimum number of medical facilities in case of emergency, the Delhi government on Saturday announced all nursing homes in the national capital, which have 10-49 beds, as 'COVID nursing homes'.
The Delhi government has also issued an order to such nursing homes, asking them to get beds functional within three days. According to Delhi government, all such nursing homes will have to ensure that intermingling of COVID and non-COVID patients is avoided.
"In order to avoid intermingling of COVID and non-COVID patients in small and medium multispeciality nursing homes, also to augment the bed capacity for COVID-19 patients, all nursing homes in the national capital territory of Delhi, having bed strength of 10 to 49, are declared as COVID nursing homes," the statement read.
"All such nursing homes are required to make their COVID beds functional within three days, failing which would initiate action against the defaulter nursing home," the statement noted further.
The order has been passed on a day when the national capital registered its new spike in single day cases. More than 2,000 cases are rising in Delhi these days.
In a related development, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to chair a meeting on Sunday (June 14) with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to review the coronavirus situation in the national capital.
