Mangaluru: Private hospitals should give 50% beds to govt to fight COVID019: DK in-charge minister
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister, Kota Srinivas Poojary on Thursday added that all the private hospitals and medical colleges should reserve their 50% of bed capacity to the government to use for COVID-19 management.
He was speaking after visiting the city’s AJ Hospital and Srinivas Medical College on the request of Mangaluru North MLA Dr. Bharat Shetty on Thursday.
“Public healthcare is the priority of the government and the private hospitals should cooperate with the government to tackle the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the district. The state government intends to provide free treatment to COVID-19 patients under Ayushmann scheme” he said while adding that the COVID-19 patients admitted at private hospitals should be treated at prices fixed by the government.
He also added that the government will provide Rapid Antigen Kits to private hospitals that will allow them to do free COVID-19 testing and such testing is already being done at government hospitals. He further informed that the state government will supply 50 ventilators to the district.
Deputy Commissioner Dr. KV Rajendra directed hospitals to display information of COVID-19 treatment at the hospital, fee charges, and Ayushman scheme at the entrance of hospitals.
He also directed the medical colleges to conduct free COVID-19 testing per day using Rapid Antigen Kits.
Other officials of District Administration including DHO and Zilla Panchayath CEO were present during the meeting.
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