Alarming\, not even 10% beds in ICUs of govt hosps: Delhi high court

Alarming, not even 10% beds in ICUs of govt hosps: Delhi high court

Delhi high court on Wednesday said it was "alarming" that not even 10% of the over 10,000 beds in all the Delhi government-run hospitals were in the ICU sections, adding that there was a need to remedy the shortcoming.PTI  |  February 14, 2019, 10:47 IST
Alarming, not even 10% beds in ICUs of govt hosps: Delhi high court NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday said it was "alarming" that not even 10% of the over 10,000 beds in all the Delhi government-run hospitals were in the ICU sections, adding that there was a need to remedy the shortcoming.

"It is really alarming that in all Delhi government hospitals together, there are only 348 ICU beds," a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao observed.