20% Covid beds in Ahmedabad, 34% in Gujarat vacant: Govt

AHMEDABAD: While there is a crush for admission at Covid-19 hospitals, the state government on Monday told the Gujarat high court that the city of Ahmedabad had 14% vacant beds in its dedicated Covid hospitals (DCH) as on Sunday and more than 20% of all Covid beds in the city are vacant.
The government said that 34% of the 79,944 Covid beds across Gujarat were vacant on Sunday.They included beds at DCHs, dedicated Covid health centres (DCHC) with oxygen beds and at Covid care centres (CCC) for asymptomatic patients.
However, the government said that there were no vacant beds at DHCs in seven districts: Amreli, Kheda, Mehsana, Patan, Porbandar, Surendranagar and Valsad.
In its report, the government claimed that Ahmedabad Municipal Corpsoration (AMC) areas had 86% bed occupancy in hospitals with oxygen and ventilators, whereas 76% of Covid beds are occupied in the rest of Ahmedabad district.
Similarly, at dedicated Covid health centres (DCHC), the city of Ahmedabad had 82% bed occupancy and the district had 62%. In Covid care centres (CCC), there is not a single bed occupied of the 70 in Ahmedabad district, whereas 75% of beds are vacant at city facilities.
For Surat city and district, the government claimed that 41.75% of Covid beds were vacant. They included 18% vacancies at DCHs.
In Vadodara city, 21.5% of all Covid beds were available and these include 14% of beds in DCHs and 39% in DCHCs.
Rajkot city had 14.85% of all Covid beds available on Sunday. Bed occupancy in CDHs in Rajkot were 97%.