Delhi: Elective surgeries suspended at Swami Dayanand Hospital
A separate facility with 100 beds has been created at the hospital for dengue patients and 91 of them are occupied, according to EDMC Mayor Shyam Sundar Agrawal.;
New Delhi: The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Thursday suspended all surgeries except those for deliveries at its Swami Dayanand Hospital due to the rising number of dengue patients at the facility.
A separate facility with 100 beds has been created at the hospital for dengue patients and 91 of them are occupied, according to EDMC Mayor Shyam Sundar Agrawal.
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According to a report released earlier this week, Delhi had recorded 723 dengue cases till October 16. This is the highest case count for this period since 2018.
Of the 723 cases, 382 were reported in the first 16 days of this month.
"We have created a separate 100-bed facility for dengue patients at Swami Dayanand Hospital. Ninety-one of these 100 beds are occupied. We don't want to take any chance so we have suspended surgeries in the hospital. However, normal as well as surgical deliveries will continue in the hospital," Agrawal told PTI.
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