As queues for health care get longer, Delhi patients rush to Punjab

At least 500 such cases have landed at hospitals in the state in last fortnight

As the queues for beds and life-saving oxygen get longer in Delhi, scores of Covid-19 patients have flocked to neighbouring Punjab.
 
According to sources in the Punjab health department, the number of patients from Delhi could easily surpass 500 in the last fortnight. “We haven’t collated the data, but our estimate is a minimum of 500 cases ac­r­oss hospitals in Punjab. Twice as many people are also in tou­ch with doctors in Punjab either for medical advice or seeking admission,” says an official.
 
Most of these patients are un­dergoing treatment at hospitals in Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Mohali.