Coronavirus outbreak: States scramble to create hospital infrastructure

Given that the government infrastructure is inadequate to treat the influx of coronavirus patients from growing hotspots, state governments are scrambling to create the space for it by “taking over” private hospitals. In the past one week, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh have issued orders to take over private hospitals in some districts.
 

Hospitals that are built in public-private partnership mode in key cities, such as the Indraprastha Apollo in Delhi, have been told to be ready to be converted into a Covid-19 facility. This could not be independently verified from Apollo.
 

In Mumbai, the 500-bed Seven Hills