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Delayed diagnosis, reluctance to take booster dose pushing severe cases up

Patients are turning up many days after onset of symptoms, say doctors

Fewer deaths, more hospitalisations in metros amid the spike in cases

Large cities are seeing an increase in occupancy, though most beds still remain vacant

Mumbai amps up hospital capacity and stocks medicines as Covid cases rise

Occupancy has more than doubled over the last week

Mumbai boosts hospital capacity as Covid cases rise, bed occupancy doubles

Around 10 out of every 1,000 beds are already occupied by Covid-19 patients, up from 4 a week ago

Hospitality sector in sweet spot but revenue boost eludes five key players

Lower costs, improving occupancies as well as room rents augur well

Corporate Hospitals say medical tourism to touch pre-Covid levels by H2FY23

From nil revenues, it has already climbed back to 50% of pre-pandemic levels

Yuvraj Singh's foundation sets up 50 CCU beds at govt hospital in Srinagar

A foundation run by former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has set up 50 critical care unit (CCU) beds at the Government Medical College & Hospital here to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus. In a press statement on Monday, a foundation spokesperson said the CCU beds have been set up under its 'Mission1000Beds initiative', in collaboration with Accenture. "Funds contributed by Accenture have also been used by YouWeCan Foundation to provide a range of medical equipment including ICU ventilators, BiPAP machines, patient monitors, ECG machines, defibrillators and oxygen cylinders to the hospital," the spokesperson said. She said the facility was inaugurated virtually by Yuvraj Singh in the presence of Dr Yashpal Sharma, Director (Coordination), New Government Medical Colleges, Jammu and Kashmir, and representatives from Accenture. "The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed the healthcare infrastructure of our country. We struggled to procure ICU beds, oxygen ...

Maharashtra: Fire at Virar's Covid-19 hospital kills thirteen ICU patients

Thirteen Covid-19 patients died in a hospital fire at Virar in Palghar district of Maharashtra early on Friday, police said

Two dead after fire breaks out at private coronavirus hospital in Mumbai

At least two people were killed after a fire broke out at a private Covid-19 hospital in Mumbai's Bhanup area in the early hours of Friday

Apollo Hospitals plans 5,000 isolation rooms, Covid-19 treatment on anvil

Four testing labs already in place, 13 more to be set up; full scale testing by March-end

Gujarat announces 1,200-bed hospital to treat coronavirus patients

Infection control hospitals are also being set up at four locations - in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara

The hospital mate

There are several hypotheses for how roommate assignments affect patients' health