CORONAVIRUS: PRIVATE HOSPITAL RECLUTANT TOSTEP UP ISOLATION WARDS IN KARNATAKA

The Indu - Three days after the Health and Family Welfare Department asked private hospitals to set aside 10 beds for admission and treatment of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV), many hospitals are reluctant to do so. While four hospitals have agreed to set up the isolation wards and one of them — Manipal Hospitals — has already done so, most are not coming forward as the managements are worried that isolation wards, especially for coronavirus, may deter patients with other ailments from seeking care, sources said. Although an official communication from the Health Department said that 10 private hospitals have been identified, B.G. Prakash, State Joint Director, Communicable Diseases said they were yet to confirm their willingness to set up the wards in writing...>>>