Non-Covid patients wary of hospital visits
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Last Updated: Feb 05, 2021, 11:06 AM IST
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Small and mid-segment hospitals in B’luru, Chennai & H’bad battle low occupancy rates despite drop in Covid cases and arrival of vaccines
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According to Ramana Prasad, chief executive of Hyderabad-based Prasad Hospitals, emergencies and deliveries segment is picking up.
Bengaluru | Chennai | Hyderabad: Most small and mid-segment budget hospitals in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad are battling low-occupancy rates even after a sharp drop in Covid-19 cases and arrival of vaccines.
Though there has been a slow uptick in the admission of non-Covid patients for the past two months, it is nowhere close to the pre-Covid times, say sections of hospital executives ET spoke to across the three southern cities.