Hospitals to take in more docs,staff to tackle dengue outbreak

September 16, 2015 17:58

Hospitals across the capital continued to wilt under huge rush of dengue patients as an embattled Delhi government directed all medical institutions to urgently increase bed capacity and employ more doctors and nurses to deal with the situation.

Chaos, unhygienic conditions and in some government hospitals, three patients were cramped on one bed due to unavailability of beds.

A day after warning private hospitals of strict punitive action including cancellation of license if they refuse treatment to dengue patients, the government issued a "blanket order" empowering hospitals run by it to recruit more doctors and nursing staff.

As hospitals and nursing homes across Delhi were inundated with patients, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain directed private hospitals to increase their bed capacity by 10-20 per cent as soon as possible to treat patients affected by the mosquito-borne disease.

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