Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the Deen Dayal Upadhay (DDU) hospital of the Delhi Government on Thursday to review the preparedness of the hospital in wake of a surge in Covid cases in Delhi and applauded the doctors and nurses and the medical fraternity in Delhi for effectively managing the Covid situation in Delhi.
Kejriwal thanked the medical team of the DDU Hospital for increasing the number of ICU beds from 50 to 100 beds. He said that the Delhi Government is trying to combat the situation on a war footing, and visiting hospitals individually to increase the number of ICU beds.
Briefing the media, Kejriwal said, “I met with the medical director and doctors at DDU and I am extremely thankful to them for agreeing to increase the capacity of ICU beds dedicated for covid patients from 50 to 100. The medical staff in Delhi hospitals has been instrumental in effectively managing the situation at hand so far. However, owing to the sudden surge in cases, there has been a shortage of ICU beds. We are trying to combat the situation with war footing, and visiting hospitals individually to increase the number of ICU beds, and in this endeavor, we are receiving constant support from the medical staff and doctors.”
Responding to the query regarding the meeting with the home minister regarding help from Delhi Government to increase ICU beds, he said “Home Minister had said that by Monday evening, 250 beds will be provided to us. Subsequently, on Tuesday another 250 beds will be provided. Around 750 ICU beds, 500 beds with a ventilator, and 250 beds without ventilators will be allocated to us. We are still waiting but I’m hopeful that we will meet him soon. It’s my humble appeal to him to provide the beds at the earliest since it’s an emergency right now.”