GURUGRAM: The health department on Thursday issued notices to 13
private hospitals for not updating their Covid-19 bed status. More than six teams have been formed to carry out inspections and investigate if patients require admission or are being kept unnecessarily in the facilities.
The 13 private hospitals are Mayom,
KK Healthcare, Pushpanjali, Sethi, Vardan, Life Aid, Cloud Nine, Yashroop, Sunrise, Aryan, Chirag, Sri Gobind and Kalyani hospitals. Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer,
Gurugram said action will be taken if the hospitals fail to reply within 48 hours.
“We visited two hospitals, Medeor and SGT, to evaluate their bed status. We also checked the condition of
Covid patients as well as the admission and discharge criteria. Our teams will carry out similar drives regularly,” he added.
All hospitals are required to submit data with the administration and the health department twice daily about the status of Covid-19 patients and beds. They must also inform immediately about any Covid-related death. The hospitals also need to share details of beds with the department so it’s easier to transfer critical cases.
“Hospitals cannot deny treatment to any patient and will have to provide a bed to a Covid-19 patient. There is a dedicated helpline number where patients can lodge their complaints in case of any inconvenience. The hospitals have been told to share details of those discharged, quarantined at home, transferred patients list and contact details for further monitoring of cases. Details of PPE kits, hospital staff dealing with Covid patients, ICU beds, ventilators and oxygen units should be provided to the administration as well,” Dr Yadav said.
Two days ago, the district administration had ordered all government and private hospitals to ensure 40% of their total beds and 70% of ICU and ventilator beds are reserved for Covid patients.