Yediyurappa asked over-staying Covid-19 patients to make space for the serious ones

Bengaluru: On Tuesday, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa asked the Covid patients who are staying in hospitals unnecessarily to return to their homes and make space for the serious ones to get treatment.

He said, “What is the need for the 332 patients to remain in the hospital for 30 days? They should vacate the beds. There are 503 patients in the hospital for 20 days. This way people who are staying in the hospital unnecessarily should go home.”

The CM talked to the reporters after he visited a Covid war room in the city, which had collected data about the Covid patients, the number of beds in the hospital and its availability, oxygen availability and other essential drugs to fight the pandemic.

He informed that the war room had generated data of all those patients who had recovered and were staying unnecessarily in the hospital due to which the serious ones are not getting timely treatment.

Yediyurappa stated that those 503 patients are in hospital despite the doctor’s advice for their discharge.

He praised the Covid War Room management saying that it is a model in the country as it gives the perfect data on every detail on a real-time basis about the number of people admitted, about the duration they are in the hospital and the availability of beds in the hospitals for Covid patients.

He said, “We are operating this war room in a systematic manner, which probably cannot be seen anywhere in the country.”

Yediyurappa said that he has about the Covid situation prevailing in Delhi and Karnataka with BJP national general secretary BL Santhosh. They have also talked about ways to improve things.

He added that Santhosh has assured him of every help from the Central Government.

Yediyurappa said, “As you know that today we received 120 tonnes of oxygen from Jamshedpur. This way they (Centre) are giving us whatever is required. I am absolutely content as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving priority to Karnataka.”

The CM visited the Covid war room after BJP MP Tejasvi Surya alleged that there was a bed scam that included few war room staff who tied up with hospitals and civic officials to block the government quota of beds.

He alleged that the beds were sold to the needy at a very heavy price between Rs 50,000 to over Rs one lakh. Few people associated with it have been arrested.

As there is a surge in the cases every day, the demand for beds, oxygen and drugs such as remdesivir has increased significantly.