Late referrals of the critically ill put govt. hospitals in a fix

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This also causes mental agony to families of the victims
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 28/05/2021 : Medics attend to a suspected COVID-19 patients near the ambulance at Tower-3, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai on Friday. Photo : Jothi Ramalingam .B / The Hindu
 
This also causes mental agony to families of the victims
A critically-ill patient diagnosed with COVID-19, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital, was shifted to a government hospital at about 11 p.m. He died three hours later. Similarly, an octogenarian, referred from a private facility to a government hospital, was declared dead on arrival.

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