New Delhi: After the 10 multi-disciplinary teams appointed by the home ministry to assess bed utilisation and identity extra ICU beds at 100 private hospitals in Delhi submitted their reports, the ministry has asked the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh government to conduct a similar survey of private hospitals in their respective NCR districts.
In line with the directives issued by home minister Amit Shah after a review of the Covid-19 situation in Delhi on Sunday, the number of ICU beds in the national Capital has gone up by 150 and 500 isolation beds at the 10,000 Covid care centre in Chhatarpur will be converted into beds with oxygen facility and these beds will be ready by the weekend.
A home ministry spokesperson on Thursday said 75 doctors and 251 paramedics from the central armed police forces (CAPF) have already reported for duty in Delhi, of which 50 doctors and 175 paramedics were deployed at the Chhatarpur and Shakur Basti Covid care centres.