The Delhi Congress on Sunday demanded to segregate district-wise hospitals in the National Capital for treatment of Covid-19 and non-Covid patients to prevent them from becoming hubs of coronavirus infections.
Congress Delhi unit president Anil Kumar said that the government created total confusion among people and the medical fraternity by not segregating Covid and non-Covid hospitals. Patients are now afraid of visiting hospitals for treatment of other diseases, he said..
Kumar also accused the Delhi Government of passing the buck to divert peoples’ attention. “The Covid cases in Delhi have risen to 1329 per 10 lakh, which is the highest in the country and instead of ramping up the testing facilities in Delhi.
The Kejriwal Government keeps indulging in blame game despite the fact that the doubling rate of Covid cases in Delhi is going up at a faster rate in 11.39 day,” he said.
Criticising the Delhi Government for “penalizing” labs for conducting more Covid tests, Delhi Congress termed the decision to reduce the number of testing labs is “shocking”.
“There are over 27,000 Covid cases in Delhi with 761 deaths which is an alarming situation but the government is busy in creating chaos by introducing new guidelines.
The Congress president further said that the five-member committee, appointed by the Delhi Government has highlighted in its report the need of at least 15000 beds by this month dedicated to treat Corona patients. As presently the Capital has only a little over 8000 Covid beds, though Kejriwal had boasted in April that the city hospitals have around 30,000 Covid beds,” he added.