MUMBAI: With close to 3,000 new Covid-19 cases reported in Mulund in March, a scramble for beds in private hospitals has begun. With BMC shutting down a Covid centre at Mithaghar municipal school and the one set up at Mulund octroi naka never got started, there is a shortage of beds, said local BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha.
BMC officials said there were enough beds at Richardson & Cruddas jumbo centre and they would soon restart the Mithaghar centre.
The centre at the Richardson & Cruddas plot in Mulund is functional, where BMC is admitting patients, and part of it is being used for vaccinations.
“There has been a major spike in cases and most are from highrises, so there is a shortage of beds at private hospitals. There are around 150 beds for Covid-19 patients in Mulund. We have only three private hospitals for Covid: Fortis, Platinum and Aashirwad. I’m getting calls for beds daily,” Kotecha said.
Kotecha said that he had urged BMC to restart the Mithaghar and octroi naka centres once again. As on March 25, there were 2,480 active cases in T ward; 310 new cases were reported on Thursday.