Chennai: Private hospitals turn away patients as Covid cases surge

On Friday, the state website showed that all 130 oxygen beds at Billroth Hospitals in Shenoy Nagar were occupied as were 40 Covid beds at Kauvery Hospitals. More than 90% of beds in Gleneagles Hospital and Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, were also occupied. “We redirected some patients to other hospitals this morning. They were symptomatic and could need high flow oxygen, but all our beds were taken,” said Dr Subramanian Swaminathan of Global Hospitals.

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