COVID-19: Panic in Hyderabad as private hospitals short of beds
COVID-19: Panic in Hyderabad as private hospitals short of beds Hyderabad: With COVID-19 cases spiralling over the last 10 days, there is an acute shortage of beds in private hospitals across the city, with not even one major healthcare centre having space to accommodate new patients. Moreover, due to a lack of government supervision on prices, hospitals are also fleecing desperate patients, whose families are being forced to shell out Rs 50,000 per day for a normal bed, and Rs 60,000 to Rs 1 lakh per day for a ventilator bed. The situation is so grim in the city, perhaps even worse than las...