The numbers for the state and the city of Mumbai have been growing exponentially from the last couple of dates. As per the recent update shared by the state health ministry on April 8, 2020, the total number of cases that have tested COVID-19 positive in Maharashtra stands at 1135. There were a total of 117 new cases identified in Maharashtra on Wednesday, out of which 72 cases were from Mumbai.
In Mumbai, there are 714 cases registered as on April 8, 2020. With the growing number of cases, there is also a demand growing for increasing the facilities in the state. There are four hospitals that are currently treating coronavirus or COVID-19 patients in the country.
However, with the sharp rise in numbers, some people believe that these may not be adequate to handle all patients that will be coming their way. One such person filed a PIL which seeks to get 50 per cent beds to be reserved in private hospitals and these to be used to treat Covid-19 patients. The PIL also seeks to have a penalty clause for the hospitals that refuse these terms. For such hospitals, the PIL recommends taking over and run for that purpose.
Currently, BMC has taken over and is running the Sai Hospital in Dharavi. In this effort, for a fixed monthly sum, BMC has taken over the entire hospital and the staff and will be using this facility to treat COVID-19 patients specially the ones coming from Dharavi area.
When the outbreak started there was only one designated hospital in Mumbai – Kasturba.
Rajesh Tope on Monday had said that they are currently treating all patients in the four designated hospitals and he said that they are following the norms laid down by the government of India and WHO and treating all positive patients of coronavirus or COVID-19 in these containment areas. This step as per him was necessary to ensure that the virus does not spread.
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