Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday asked all private hospitals having bed strength of 30 and above, located within the limits of five municipal corporations, to mandatorily designate a minimum 50 per cent of their general beds and 80 per cent of ICUs for treatment of COVID-19 patients with immidiate
The five cities include Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Berhampur and Rourkela.
Such private hospitals have also been given an option to convert the entire facility into a COVID hospital.
The hospitals will charge the patients at a rate as communicated by the government earlier, said a notification issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department.