Hyderabad: With the rise in the covid-19 Gandhi Hospital is again being prepared to become a “nodal center” for the treatment of coronavirus positive patients. Health department officials are closely monitoring the rise of the country covid-19 affairs and the preparation of grounds to make Gandhi Hospital an important center for coronavirus related patients.
Earlier, after the fall in the coronavirus In those cases, the treatment of other diseases was admitted to Gandhi Hospital.
Amid rise in covid In the cases, the government has made arrangements for the increase of beds in both the government and private hospitals.
Meanwhile, the association of junior doctors has expressed its opposition to the proposal to make the hospital an important center for the treatment of covid-19 patients.
They said that the hospital does not have the essential requirements to meet the needs of the patients, and that the doctors may also be infected by the disease.
At present there are 1890 beds, of which 1500 are available with oxygen facilities in Gandhi Hospital.
Source: The Siasat Daily