<p>MLA S A Ramadass, also advisor of District Covid-Task Force, alleged that private hospitals and step-down Covid Care Centres of not following standard operating procedure (SOP).</p>.<p>Ramadass, along with Covid-19 bed management committee in-charge H V Rajeev, also Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman, inspected a few private hospitals to check management and bed allocation. </p>.<p>The team comprising Mysuru City Corporation Health Officer Dr D G Nagaraju, Dr Ahamed Siraj Mohammed and others, inspected hotels where private hospitals are treating patients and also the hospitals. The team members found violation of Covid norms and mismanagement.</p>.<p>As per the norms, the private hospitals must reserve 50% of the total beds to treat Covid patients. But a private hospital, which has a capacity of 150 beds has not reserved beds as per the norms. The hospital had to reserve 23 oxygenated beds, 3 ICU beds with ventilator, 2 ICU beds without ventilator, 47 normal beds. But, the authorities had reserved only 10 oxygenated beds for 23.</p>.<p>Ramadass directed the Health Department to take immediate action against the hospitals and also directed to form an Enforcement Team. </p>
<p>MLA S A Ramadass, also advisor of District Covid-Task Force, alleged that private hospitals and step-down Covid Care Centres of not following standard operating procedure (SOP).</p>.<p>Ramadass, along with Covid-19 bed management committee in-charge H V Rajeev, also Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman, inspected a few private hospitals to check management and bed allocation. </p>.<p>The team comprising Mysuru City Corporation Health Officer Dr D G Nagaraju, Dr Ahamed Siraj Mohammed and others, inspected hotels where private hospitals are treating patients and also the hospitals. The team members found violation of Covid norms and mismanagement.</p>.<p>As per the norms, the private hospitals must reserve 50% of the total beds to treat Covid patients. But a private hospital, which has a capacity of 150 beds has not reserved beds as per the norms. The hospital had to reserve 23 oxygenated beds, 3 ICU beds with ventilator, 2 ICU beds without ventilator, 47 normal beds. But, the authorities had reserved only 10 oxygenated beds for 23.</p>.<p>Ramadass directed the Health Department to take immediate action against the hospitals and also directed to form an Enforcement Team. </p>