Special Correspondent
The Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to permit the private sector to start COVID-19 Care Centres for patients with mild symptoms.Private hospitals have been asked to contact the Corporation for getting permission to run the private care centres through tie-ups with private hotels or other agencies that own property.Currently, the Corporation has more than 12,000 beds in COVID-19 Care Centres. Of them, 1,487 beds are occupied. With the city registering more than 3,700 cases every day, the
Special Correspondent
The Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services has instructed all empanelled private hospitals to set aside at least 50% of total beds for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. It has further instructed hospitals to reduce the number of elective procedures and planned admissions. The hospitals have been advised to follow COVID-19 appropriate norms while doing so. The letter from the appropriate authority in the Office of Clinical Establishment Act has advised the hospitals to submit a daily
