NITI Aayog recommends lower rates for isolation beds in Delhi hospitals

The committee has recommended Rs 8,000-10,000, 13,000-15,000 and 15,000-18,000, including PPE costs, for isolation beds

In the wake of the spurt in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, Home Minister Amit Shah has constituted a committee under a NITI Aayog member to fix rates charged by private hospitals in the national capital for isolation beds.

The committee has recommended Rs 8,000-10,000, 13,000-15,000 and 15,000-18,000 including PPE costs for isolation bed, ICUs without and with ventilator respectively to all hospitals as compared to the current charges of Rs 24,000-25,000, 34,000-43,000 and 44,000-54,000.

As per the directions given by Amit Shah in a series of meetings over the last few days, house-to-house health survey in 242 containment zones of