“WILL ROPE IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS IF CASES SURGE”
Jun 25, 2020
4 minutes
PHOTOGRAPH BY SHEKHAR GHOSH
Private hospitals are complaining that their foot-falls have fallen considerably during the lockdown. What has been the experience of PMJAY-empanelled hospitals?
In the last two months, or after March 23, we have seen a significant drop in admissions. Before March 23, we were doing 25,000-30,000 hospital admissions/treatments per day, but after the lockdown, we are down to 12,000-13,000. This is more than a 50 per cent drop. The drop has been more in some states as compared to others. We have also seen that the drop has been more in private sector hospitals
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