CIDCO to build 2,000-bed Covid care centre in Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg suburbThe proposed centre will be set up at the old Crompton Greaves factory land and will have 1,400 oxygenated, 200 ICU and 400 non-oxygenated ...
10 May, 2021, 07.50 PM IST
Nita Ambani-backed Reliance Foundation to set up 1,000-bed facility in Jamnagar, provide free Covid treatmentRIL is already providing free of cost COVID care in Mumbai.
29 Apr, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
Reliance Foundation scales up COVID operations in MumbaiHospitals with Reliance Foundation (RF) will be managing nearly 875 beds, including 145 ICU beds, across National Sports Club of India (NSC...
26 Apr, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
COVID-19 spike: Three jumbo hospitals to come up in Mumbai in the next six weeksThe step has been taken to make more beds available for the needy patients by shifting those who have recovered substantially to the CCC2 f...
12 Apr, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Only 9% of Mumbai’s ICU beds & 8.3% of ventilators still vacantThere is another alarming aspect to Mumbai’s ‘Covid bed story’. While most of the affluent patients opt for home care, a percentage of them...
04 Apr, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
Mumbai: More beds to be operationalised for COVID-19 patients"We have operationalised an additional 3,000 beds in dedicated COVID-19 health care centres and dedicated COVID-19 hospitals under the Muni...
04 Apr, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
To tackle new Covid wave, BMC tells ward officers to monitor beds in private hospitalOn Monday, the Mumbai municipal corporation issued 18 directives to its ward officers and private hospitals as part of its strategy to bett...
30 Mar, 2021, 06.59 AM IST
Mumbai: 10 lakh vaccinated, COVID-19 tests, beds to be scaled upA Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official also said the civic body had conducted 40,400 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, and the number of re...
25 Mar, 2021, 08.07 PM IST
Seven months into pandemic, finding a hospital bed is still tough in many placesA survey finds only 4% of people who needed an ICU bed were able to get it through routine process, 78% had to use connections; but as per ...
21 Sep, 2020, 11.44 PM IST
After four months, Mumbai private hospitals get ready for non-Covid workPrivate hospitals, which had to be pushed by the government to give up their beds to the city administration as it suffered with a lack of ...
27 Jul, 2020, 10.49 PM IST
Mumbai’s private hospitals heave a sigh of reliefMore number of available beds, fewer active cases, use of home isolation ease pressure. Mumbai has been the hardest hit by Covid-19 cases. ...
15 Jun, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
As toll rises, shortage of beds is main worry for Mumbai, DelhiIndia's biggest economic hubs, Mumbai and New Delhi, also have the dubious distinction of being the country's Covid-19 hotspots, with the h...
06 Jun, 2020, 06.55 AM IST
As Covid-19 rages, Mumbai ramps up health infrastructureData released by the state public health department on Sunday on dedicated Covid hospitals showed the city’s oxygen-supported beds and isol...
25 May, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
Twin challenges that are complicating Mumbai's covid battleA look at the number of beds available in the city may hold some clues to what might have gone haywire.
24 May, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
Covid-19: Mumbai in dire need of a special action planSuch is the concern at the highest echelons of the government that a central team was dispatched to Mumbai on Thursday to take stock of the...
08 May, 2020, 07.34 AM IST
Mumbai staring at a huge shortage of doctors and health professionalsMumbai, which has a population of about 2 crore, is running out of ICU beds and doctors.
07 May, 2020, 04.09 PM IST
Mumbai: Wait for COVID-19 hospital bed now 3 days in some wardsThe situation is worse in case of ICU beds or those for positive patients with comorbid conditions. The BMC, however, said a centralised sy...
06 May, 2020, 12.01 PM IST