Rajiv Gupta, additional chief secretary, forests and environment, who has been put in charge of controlling Covid-19 in Ahmedabad, said the decision to permit these hospital to admit 100% of patients on private basis was taken as the number of patients from Ahmedabad district and proximate districts was increasing.
“To ensure there are facilities to treat more patients from other parts of the district and state, the AMC has designated 15 more hospitals as Covid hospitals, adding another 500 beds, including those in high dependency units, ICUs and those equipped with ventilators.”
These hospital can admit patients from outside Ahmedabad, but will have to inform the AMC about such patients.
Officials said that the decision came after the AMC realized that the number of patients admitted to the 50% private quotas at the 59 designated Covid hospitals was increasing. An officer said permitting these hospitals to admit patients privately on 100% of beds will also save the AMC charges for empty beds and advance grants.
The officials said a clause has been included stipulating that if the AMC needs to admit patients from the city, such referred patients will be treated at rates decided by the corporation. These 15 new hospital can admit patients from corporation limits if they choose to be admitted as private patients.
