NMMC faces ventilator, ICU bed crunch for Covid patients

NAVI MUMBAI: NMMC has admitted the shortage of ICU beds and ventilators. NMMC commissioner Abhijit Bangar told TOI on Tuesday, “Ventilators and the ICU beds under the government are nearly packed. We are adding more ventilators at the DY Patil hospital in Nerul.”
The NMMC has also signed an MoU with the D Y Patil hospital for 200 ICU beds; while 50 are currently available, another 50 will be added later this week.The NMMC website will soon add information on hospitals where the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana would be applicable.
The Navi Mumbai civic body, NMMC, has also activated a ‘Real-time updated dashboard’ on its website, which will provide details about the availability of beds at Covid health centres, Covid hospitals and Covid care centres in the city. All Covid hospitals have been instructed to update their data.
“We have received many complaints on availability of hospital beds which prompted us to start the real-time dashboard,” said Bangar.