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Coronavirus: UP plans dedicated Covid hospitals in private sector

To procure additional 200+ ventilators for emergency

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The state is also making arrangements for additional 200 ventilators to deal with a possible increase in the number of coronavirus cases needing critical life support

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

3 min read Last Updated : Mar 29 2020 | 5:50 PM IST

The Uttar Pradesh government today announced plans to set up dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the private sector to expand the network of health facilities to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

According to UP medical, health and family welfare principal secretary Amit Mohan Prasad, the state was already in talks with a few private hospitals in this regard.

“The private hospitals have offered to be converted into dedicated Covid hospitals, if needed and we are already working on this idea,” he told the media in Lucknow this evening.

The state is also making arrangements for additional 200 ventilators to deal with a possible increase

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown Uttar Pradesh

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