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Uttarakhand govt takes over private hospitals, reserves 25 percent beds for COVID-19 patients

By ANI | Updated: March 24, 2020 09:00 IST

In a bid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Uttarakhand government on Tuesday decided to take over control of all private hospitals which have 100 or more beds and reserve 25 percent of these for COVID-19 patients.

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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 24 : In a bid to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Uttarakhand government on Tuesday decided to take over control of all private hospitals which have 100 or more beds and reserve 25 percent of these for COVID-19 patients.

The Trivendra Singh Rawat government has decided to reserve 25 percent of beds in these private medical facilities for suspected COVID-19 patients, a statement by the government said.

According to the World Health Orgsation (WHO), the number of cases worldwide has surpassed 3,30,000, while the number of deaths has exceeded 14,000.

( With inputs from ANI )

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