ESIC reserves 2152 hospital beds for coronavirus patients' treatment

This constitutes for around 10 per cent of the total 21,931 hospital beds which ESIC had till March 2018 (latest publicly available data).

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has reserved 2,152 hospital beds to treat coronavirus patients, according to an official statement released on Thursday.

The number forms around 10 per cent of the capacity at 21,931 hospital beds ESIC had till March 2018 (latest publicly available data).

The ESIC has dedicated eight of its hospitals for COVID-19 patients – two in Gujarat, one each in Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal that have 1,042 isolation beds in total. Only patients infected with the coronavirus will be treated here.

“In addition to above, around 1112 Isolation Beds have been made