Few pvt Delhi hospitals doing 'black marketing of Covid-19 beds': Kejriwal

The government is talking to the owners of private hospitals to determine their problems in reserving 20 per cent of their beds for Covid-19 patients, he said

A couple of private hospitals in Delhi are refusing admission to Covid-19 patients and demanding lakhs of rupees for allotting bed to those in a pressing need, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday and warned of strong action against such "black-marketing of beds".

Asserting that there is no dearth of hospital beds in the national capital to treat Covid-19 patients, he said the Delhi government would deploy medical professionals at each private hospital to keep a tab on available beds.

He said the government