Wait for hospital beds gets harrowing in TN

Wait for hospital beds gets harrowing in TN
Over the last 2 days, the number of calls to helplines with requests for finding beds have more than tripled; a few succumb to infection before finding vacancies at hospital
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Covid patients wait for hours outside to get beds at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai on Thursday | Ashwin prasath
Express News Service
CHENNAI: Robert (name changed) died two days ago. After running from one hospital to another for a couple of days, 59-year-old Robert’s family admitted him into a government hospital in Thoothukudi on May 2. “But we could not find an ICU bed. He had no oxygen. That is the main reason he died,” rued his nephew speaking to Express.

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