Dengue patients

With the rise in the number of dengue cases, the Delhi government has asked all hospitals in the city to ensure no patient is denied admission due to lack of beds, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. He asked all the hospitals to reserve 10 to 15 per cent of their beds for patients with vector-borne diseases.

“Seeing a low occupancy of Covid-19 beds, the Delhi government has asked hospitals to use vacant beds to accommodate dengue patients,” Sisodia cited in his statement.

The order given by the government’s health department stated that all the government and private hospitals that have beds reserved for admitting COVID-19 patients, should use those beds for dengue or VBD patients if those beds are lying vacant.

Manish Sisodia expressed.”Present weather conditions are the peak transmission period for vector-borne diseases like dengue. Cases have seen a sharp rise in the last two weeks but there is no need to panic as all the arrangements have been set in place to provide treatment to patients at hospitals. The government has put all the hospitals across the national capital on alert and is keeping an eye on the whole situation. Hospitals have been directed to reserve 10-15 per cent of their beds for VBD patients and ensure that no patient is denied admission due to lack of beds.”

He added that currently around 8,800 hospital beds have been reserved in all hospitals, including central government, Delhi government, and private hospitals, for Covid-19 cases, of which the occupancy is less than one per cent since the last 3-4 weeks.

“The government has advised hospitals to use these beds for accommodating vector-borne disease patients,” Sisodia added.

According to a report discharged by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday, Delhi has reported 937 dengue cases this year till September-end, and 321 more cases were reported in the first five days of October.

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