COVID-19 surge in Kolkata: Private hospitals reopen COVID wards
Peerless Hospital, RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS), Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Charnock Hospital and Woodlands Hospitals are the five hospitals that have reopened the Covid wards. Other private hospitals are in the process of reopening soon.;
Kolkata: The state's private hospitals have decided to reopen the Covid wards again since Bengal has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
The private hospitals in the state were earlier using the covid wards as the non-Covid wards for providing treatment to the patients. Since the rate of Covid cases is increasing each day, the hospitals have decided to bring the Covid ward back again.
Peerless Hospital, RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS), Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Charnock Hospital and Woodlands Hospitals are the five hospitals that have reopened the Covid wards. Other private hospitals are in the process of reopening soon.
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A 40-bedded Covid ward has been reopened on Thursday at the Peerless hospital along with 8 beds at the ITU unit. As many as nine Covid-positive patients are admitted to the Covid ward of the hospital and one to the ITU.
An 8-bed Covid ward has been reopened at RTIICS on Thursday with four Covid patients admitted to the hospital. The hospital has also arranged a 6-bed Covid ICU ward.
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