Delhi hospitals prepared for dengue, chikungunya outbreak: Jain
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New Delhi: The BJP ruled municipal corporations "miserably" failed to check mosquito breeding but the Delhi government's hospitals are fully prepared for dengue and chikungunya outbreak, Health Minister Satyendar Jain told the assembly.
The state government started making preparations to check dengue and other vector-borne diseases way back in March, he said.
Jain said it is the job of municipal corporations to maintain sanitation and check mosquito-breeding, at which they have "miserably" failed.
"But when it comes to treatment of patients, that is where Delhi government's role comes,"Jain said adding that Delhi's hospitals are fully prepared.
He said that hospitals coming under Delhi government have over 10,000 beds out of which, around 1,000 beds are still available for public despite a large spike in the number of patients.
Jain said that Delhi government also permitted private hospitals, which collectively have 25,000 beds, to temporarily increase number of beds by 10 to 15 per cent to ensure no fever patients are turned away.
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