INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: The state health department is playing musical chairs
bed strength numbers under various categories such as oxygen beds, ventilator/CPAP beds, or regular beds, is expected to be changed as these
numbers could indeed by dynamic, the health department appears to be completely befuddled by its own numbers, and completely at a loss at
coming to a conclusion as to just how many beds have been set aside for Covid-19 patients.Deccan Chronicle kept a track from noon till 6 pm
few days ago that it was moving to an online system where people in search for beds in hospitals, both private and government, for Covid-19
patients can check their availability.The department had also ordered that every hospital must have a display board at its entrance with
information on bed strength and availability.Though the numbers of available beds in different categories changes often on the website, in
many cases, once a person expands either the private or government hospital link, it can be found that even the hospital wise updates, in
8.38 a.m., while in the case of King Koti hospital it was 7.47 a.m., for Chest Hospital it was 4.31 p.m., for NIMS it was 2.59 p.m., while
