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Bengaluru, Apr 22: Except for beds dedicated for dialysis, mother and child care and other life threatening diseases, all other beds in the hospitals will be made available for treatment of Covid positive patients, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Dr Sudhakar said beds dedicated for dialysis, mother and child care and other life threatening diseases will not be disturbed.

“This measure will enable the government to have over 7000 beds for treatment of Covid positive cases,’’ the minister said.

The Minister also said the State Government has decided to direct all nursing homes and hospitals with up to or less than 30 beds to mandatorily treat non-Covid patients.

All hospitals that have bed capacity of more than 30 will now have to dedicate 80% of the beds and ICU facility to the state government. So far it was only 50% now it will be made 80%, he said.

There is a medical emergency and private hospitals need to recognise this and work with the government and hand over 80% of the beds to the state government.

The state government will bear the cost of treatment and refund the money to these hospitals which treat Covid patients, Dr Sudhakar said.