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Second Covid-19 wave: Lessons from last year in mind, hospitals prepare

Civic corporations in Maharashtra are ramping up hospital beds even as health minister Rajesh Tope said there was no bed shortage

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In Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has requisitioned over 2200 beds from 69 private hospitals and taken over the bed management for Covid patients

Aneesh Phadnis Ruchika Chitravanshi T E Narasimhan Ishita Ayan Dutt Mumbai/New Delhi/Chennai/Kolkata

4 min read Last Updated : Apr 01 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

Leaves of hospital staff are getting cancelled; call centres in districts are being put into action mode; and stock-taking of PPE suits and oxygen supply is underway. As Covid-19 cases rise in India, states are getting battle-ready.

India registered 53,480 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to data from the ministry of health and family welfare as on March 31 (12:12pm); eight states — Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh — accounted for 84.73 per cent; Maharashtra reported the highest daily new cases at 27,918.

Civic corporations in Maharashtra are ramping up hospital beds even

Topics : Coronavirus Coronavirus Tests Maharashtra Mumbai hospitals

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