Kejriwal orders delinking of
hotels attached to hospitals
Beds in such facilities have been lying vacant for many days’
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday ordered
the delinking of hotels that
had been attached to city
hospitals to enhance the
availability of beds for COVID19 patients.
The hotels are being released given the improving
COVID19 situation in Delhi,
said Mr. Kejriwal.
There are less than 11,000
active cases in the city.
“Some hotels were attached
to hospitals to increase the
number of COVID beds. In
view of the improving situation and all hotel beds lying
vacant for the last many days,
these hotels are now being
released,” the CM tweeted.
“It has been decided to discontinue the scheme of creation of health care facilities at
hotels by private hospitals.
All concerned private hospitals are directed to wind up
the facilities operating in hotels with immediate effect,”
an official order read.
In early June, around 40
hotels were attached to city
hospitals by the Delhi government. Official data show the
move enhanced the capacity
of COVID19 beds by 4,600.
The number of COVID19
cases were increasing rapidly
in June, which is why Covid
Care Centres were established in about three dozen
hotels, in addition to increasing capacity in government
and private hospitals, the government stated.
“Although some hotel
owners initially went to court
against the decision, the Delhi government won the case.
During the surge in cases,
many patients were kept in
hotels,” a statement read.
There are currently over
15,000 COVID19 beds in the
city out of which over 12,000
are not occupied.
In another tweet, the Chief
Minister said: “Existing guidelines say that if any patient’s antigen test is negative
but has symptoms, RTPCR
test must be done. I directed
the officers today to ensure
strict compliance of these
guidelines.”
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