In wake of acute shortage of hospital beds and ever growing queues outside designated hospitals following a record spike in Covid-19 cases, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani announced on Tuesday night that all hospitals, private clinics and Nursing homes can now admit and treat Covid-19 patients without obtaining any prior nod from the government. The hospitals, clinics and nursing homes will only have to inform the respective district or authority.
This decision was taken at the core committee meeting chaired by the CM, who said that although more than 78,000 beds have been made available for Covid-19 patients, spiralling cases are stretching available Resources.