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Once more, hospitals, hotels tie up for non-critical cases Once more, hospitals, hotels tie up for non-critical cases ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: Apr 17, 2021, 06:00 IST As COVID-19 cases skyrocket, private hospitals have — like last year — tied up with hotels to function as satellite units and house patients not in critical condition. This helps facilities use limited infrastructure judiciously, with beds inside hospitals dedicated to serious cases. Doctors have said the response has been good so far. The outposts offer round-the-clock medical supervision of doctors and nur...

Dr H K Sale, executive director of Noble hospital, said they received a bill of Rs 40 lakh from April to August. “There is a price cap on treating Covid patients. We have faced several issues like staff shortage, and have had to coax staff to stay on and assist with treatment. We cannot afford to pay such huge sums and will pay at the rate prior to the Covid pandemic,” Dr Sale said. According to Dr Madhur Rao, senior deputy medical administrator, KEM hospital, the hike was unfair. “We cannot sustain paying Rs 100 rate per kg at all; this is uneconomical,” he said.