||Why confusion over hospital beds
A senior journalist in Telangana released a short video last week making an appeal to the States Finance Minister T Harish Rao, requesting him to arrange for an ICU bed in a corporate hospital. Tested positive and gasping for breath, he was literally in tears, looking distraught.
His was not an isolated case. Social media is agog with such accounts in the last few weeks, with patients, kin and friends of patients complaining about the non-availability of beds.
There are even accounts of patients with serious complications being shunted across hospitals before breathing their last.
Government claims
In sharp contrast, Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao have claimed that thousands of general beds those with oxygen supply and hundreds of ICU beds are available in various government hospitals.
As the total number of cases hits the 30,000-mark, Telangana experiences a strange situation with regard to availability of hospital beds. While complaints mount on social media, the governments daily status report lists out the availability of beds in public hospitals.
As of today, the bed occupancy rate is only 9 per cent. Of the available 17,081 beds, only 1,552 beds are occupied, leaving 91 per cent, or 15,529 beds, unoccupied, said Srinivasa Rao.
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||Why confusion over hospital beds A senior journalist in Telangana released a short video last week making an appeal to the States Finance Minister T Harish Rao, requesting him to arrange for an ICU bed in a corporate hospital. Tested positive and gasping for breath, he was literally in tears, looking distraught. His was not an isolated case. Social media is agog with such accounts in the last few weeks, with patients, kin and friends of patients complaining about the non-availability of beds. There are even accounts of patients with serious complications being shunted across hospitals before breathing their last. Government claims In sharp contrast, Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao have claimed that thousands of general beds those with oxygen supply and hundreds of ICU beds are available in various government hospitals. As the total number of cases hits the 30,000-mark, Telangana experiences a strange situation with regard to availability of hospital beds. While complaints mount on social media, the governments daily status report lists out the availability of beds in public hospitals. As of today, the bed occupancy rate is only 9 per cent. Of the available 17,081 beds, only 1,552 beds are occupied, leaving 91 per cent, or 15,529 beds, unoccupied, said Srinivasa Rao.