State Health Department decided to lend ventilators to private hospitals for six months
The State government recently announced that it will let out ventilators to private medical establishments for government-referred patients. However, private hospitals now say they do not have the manpower to handle the additional equipment.
Sources said that of the 2,050 ventilators the State received from the Centre, nearly 300 will be rented out to private hospitals.
With more critical COVID-19 patients requiring ICU beds with ventilators, the State Health Department on September 23 decided to lend ventilators to private establishments in the State for six months, to be mandatorily used for government-referred patients. The ventilator charges of ₹500 per patient per day will be deducted from the amount (₹10,000) fixed for every ventilator bed.
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