All 350 beds at the hospital are ICU beds. (File)
New Delhi:
The Delhi government-run Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital on Saturday reduced the number of COVID beds from 986 to 700 amid a deepening crisis over the scarcity of oxygen vital to save critically ill coronavirus patients.
This is the second government hospital in Delhi to have reduced the number of COVID beds, as health facilities across the national capital struggle for a continuous oxygen supply.
According to data available on the Delhi government s Delhi Corona application, there are 700 COVID beds in the hospital located at Shahdara. Of these, 400 are ICU beds.
On Friday, the city government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital had reduced the number of COVID beds from 650 to 350 due to shortage of oxygen.
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