Plan to increase around 1000 beds in Covid hospitals in the city

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Kanpur: In view of shortage of beds in hospitals, the health department has chalked out a plan to increase around 1000 beds in hospitals, and has sent the plan to the divisional commissioner. According to the plan, 35 percent bed capacity will be increased in every Covid hospital.
According to the health department sources, as soon as it got the green signal it would start to execute the plan.
The district administration has identified as many as 25 hospitals in private and government sectors as Covid hos[otals to counter the spread of the second wave due to which people were facing problems of beds
There are around 2800 beds in 25 Covid hospitals. The main focus is on LLR hospital where at present there are around 425 beds. After the plan is executed, its capacity would be around 600 beds, said the sources.
As oxygen self-dependency is another major issue, therefore, the administration is likely to ask hospitals having around 50 bed capacity to install oxygen plants in their premises.
An oxygen plant was installed recently in UHM hospital and it will get one more in the next month. Thus the two plants would generate sufficient oxygen to cater the needs of the hospitals.
LLR hospital and Kashiram Trauma Centre too are being equipped with an oxygen plant. One would be raised from MLA funds while the other would be installed by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the sources added.
The hospitals with number of beds are as under:
GSVM medical college (425 beds), 7 Air Force Hospital (25 beds), Rama medical college (440 beds), MKCH Rama Devi (118 beds), Naraina medical college (300 beds), Regency (75 beds), SPM (77beds), GTB (60 beds), SIS (70 beds ), Priya (79 beds), Krishna Super Speciality hospital (123 beds), Family hospital (54 beds), Mariaampur (96 beds), KMC (82 beds), JL Rohatgi (102 beds), Apollo (75 beds), Madhuraj (138 beds), Chandni (145 beds), New Leelamani (48 beds), Medi Health (56 beds), Dwivedi hospital (30 beds), Fortune hospital (99 beds), Grace hospital (40 beds), Lifetron hospital 69 beds) and Kulwanti hospital 47 beds).