95 private hospitals have started uploading real-time data on bed availability
The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes’ Association (PHANA) on Sunday launched a portal Search My Bed which will provide real-time information on the availability of beds in private hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This has been a long-standing demand from citizens who were otherwise forced to call up private hospitals or knock on their doors to see if there were any beds available for patients.
Secretary of the PHANA Rajashekar Y.L. said that 95 private hospitals had already started providing real-time information on bed availability. “In the coming days, more and more hospitals will be enrolled and hospitals will be encouraged to display the data in real time,” he said.
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A day after the government’s announcement of the initiative, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has formed Ward Decentralised Triage and Emergency Response (DETER) Committees with the aim of managing the pandemic at the local level. Each of the 198 wards in the city will have a control room and triaging centre to address the needs of residents.
Officials in each ward will work with residents’ welfare association, organisations, students, and volunteers to set up a ward control room, triage centre, and a micro COVID Care Centre.
The Department of Health and Medical Education will appoint the staff needed for the triaging centre, which will be operational 24/7.
Bengaluru Covid war room staffers conduct audio sting operation as Tejasvi Surya ‘apologises’ for leaked phone numbers
BBMP South Zone Covid war room staffers conducted an audio sting operation when BJP MP Tejasvi Surya reportedly visited them to apologise for leaked phone numbers.
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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya
Bangalore South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya visited the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike s (BBMP) South Zone Covid war room to apologise to the staffers, claimed a senior employee. This came after the phone numbers of war room staffers were leaked to the public. The employees conducted an audio sting operation when the BJP MP was speaking.
Three-member committee submits its report to BBMP chief
The three-member committee, which was formed to make the Central Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS) transparent and plug loopholes, has recommended that the portal be developed on the lines of the dashboard of the government of Kerala. The committee submitted its report to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Friday.
According to highly placed sources, the committee recommended an overhaul of access control, a security audit, generation of daily reports and analytics, and improvements to the existing portal.
Kerala’s dashboard is data driven and provides daily reports, details on active cases, vaccinations, hotspots and community kitchens. “Many features from Kerala’s dashboard can be incorporated. Right now, CHBMS is just reflecting availability of beds under government quota in various healthcare facilities. It may require some work to develop new interfaces,” said a sou