90 trauma centre beds reserved for Covid-19 patients

VARANASI: Ninety beds of the trauma centre, BHU, have been reserved for Covid-19 patients in view of the growing demand for beds.

The decision for reserving beds for patients at the Covid-19 centre was taken in a meeting attended by BHU authorities and divisional commissioner Deepak Agarwal and district magistrate Kaushalraj Sharma.

According to officials, the remaining 90 beds will be used for the treatment of other patients.

A senior official of the BHU said that the arrangement will be effective from Tuesday, on which day admission of patients to the 90 reserved beds will begin.

There are around 1,600 beds in various government and private hospitals. Of them, over 1,200 beds are occupied.

There are around 240 ventilator beds.

Around 200 beds are occupied, a senior official of the health department said.