Private hospitals in Mahabubnagar agree to allocate 20% beds to poor: Minister

Multipara monitors, nasal flow devices donated to general hospital

Minister for Excise, Tourism and Culture V. Srinivas Goud has stated that 13 private hospitals in Mahabubnagar district have agreed to allot 20% of their bed capacity to COVID-19 patients from poor families and also mark them with separate colour. The government would take the allotment of the 20% of the beds in its control in case the private hospitals failed to keep the word, the Minister said. Speaking to newspersons in Mahabubnagar on Monday, he said a proposal was also sent to the government to allocate 450 Remdesivir injections to private hospitals in the districts for the benefit of patients under treatment there. A task force consisting of DM&HO, Drug Inspector, RDO and DSP was formed to keep a tab on the prices of medicines, particularly those being used for COVID patients, including Remdesivir. The Minister stated that following a meeting with private diagnostic centres and hospitals, they had agreed to conduct CT scan diagnosis for ₹1,999 from Tuesday to the needy patients.