5 hospitals designated for Covid

Rajkot: Rajkot district administration designated five private hospitals for treatment of Covid-19 looking at the rising number of positive patients. These five hospitals will together add 148 more beds for Covid-19 patients.
According to an official statement, the new wing of Wockhardt Hospital, Uday Hospital, Karmayog Hospital, HCG Hospital and Shreyas Hospital will now treat Covid-19 patients. The civil hospital with 350 beds for Covid-19 patients and three other private hospitals are currently treating active cases. There are 246 active patients in Rajkot.
Health officer Manish Bhanderi said, “We have a scope of bed expansion in the civil hospital if need arises. We also have 33 percent patients from neighbouring districts like Morbi, Surendrangar and Amreli.”