Pvt hosps to expand HDUs to free up ICU beds

Several private hospitals across Kolkata are planning to expand their high-dependency (HDU) or step-down units to make way for critical Covid patients waiting for admission to their ICUs which have remained consistently full since early-October. With a post-festival spike in number being feared and most facilities having reached a saturation point after extending their critical care facilities multiple times, HDUs could help accommodate those not on life-support and open up ICU vacancies for more severe patients who require immediate admission. More than a hundred critical patients have been refused from private hospitals since last month for lack of ICU berths.

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