All private hospitals should reserve at least 60 per cent of their sanctioned beds for Covid-19 patients, the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission said on Saturday. Several private hospitals have already increased their Covid bed count in the past few weeks but that has not been sufficient. “All the clinical establishments in the private healthcare sector would be segregating 40 per cent of the total sanctioned beds, including day care beds, emergency triage, for emergency non-Corona treatment like dialysis and emergency surgeries. The rest, being 60 per cent of the sanctioned beds/set up, would be dedicated for Covid treatment,” the commission said in an advisory to private hospitals. “It is apprehended that many precious lives may be lost if Covid beds are not enhanced to accommodate the increasing number of patients.”