If only help was a call away If only help was a call away ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 06:00 IST patients. Doing it diligently will help prevent thousands running between hospitals About 94 per cent of the people who test covid positive in Bengaluru have opted for home isolation. Most of them do not have symptoms. If Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMPs) tele-counselling programme was working efficiently, these patients would not be rushing to hospitals in a full-blown panic to get admitted. Experts say that if counselling was available to patients with minor symptoms, the pressure on hospitals would reduce and the beds would be available to critically ill patients.