VIJAYAWADA: All hospitals in Krishna district have been instructed by the government on Tuesday to reserve 50 per cent of their beds for Coronavirus patients.
Stating this and that the second wave of Covid-19 is creating many problems, endowments minister Velampalli Srinivas said on Tuesday that hospitals must give priority in admission to Coronavirus patients in view of the sharp increase in the virus infections.
The minister held a review meeting with the district officials on Covid-19 cases at the collectors camp office here. He also advised hospitals to give daily reports on how many Covid patients were admitted and how many of them were treated under the Arogyasri scheme. He urged doctors to suggest the patients to go for home isolation if they have only mild symptoms.
Hospitals, he said, must maintain sufficient stocks of medicines.
Stating that some private hospitals were fleecing the Covid patients, central assembly constituency MLA Malladi Vishnu said the…