Delhi : Hindu Rao shifts focus to non-Covid patients

New Delhi: Hindu Rao Hospital has started redistributing its underutilised healthcare staff to other facilities for the treatment of non-Covid patients. At a time when the pressure of non-Covid patients continues to increase at other facilities, Hindu Rao, the biggest municipal healthcare unit, has 90% of its Covid beds lying vacant.

North Delhi Municipal Corporation has issued orders to keep back-up staff for 100 beds and move the remaining to Kasturba and Rajan Babu Hospitals, and other civic care units, said an official.

A meeting in this regard was called by the director of the hospital, who pointed out that while Hindu Rao had been working as a Covid hospital, patients from other disciplines were ignored. “Most of the health manpower remain unutilised and can be posted to other units,” said an order issued by the chief medical officer.

Additional commissioner (health) has directed all the head of departments to send a list of healthcare workers who could be sent on temporary postings to the non-Covid hospitals.

Jai Prakash, north corporation mayor, said redistribution of staff would help take load off non-Covid facilities. “For example, most of the maternity-related cases are being sent to Kasturba Hospital,” he added.