Vadodara gets 1000 more hospital beds in reserve, sets treatment rates

VADODARA: In the battle against Covid-19, people from all walks of life are trying to do what they can in order to help one another and the community at large. Doing their bit, private hospitals in Vadodara have come together to provide a total of 1,000 beds for Covid-19 patients. Apart from this, the state government has also roped in insurance companies to provide quick clearance and cashless claims on health insurance policies. The cost for treatment of Covid-19 patients has also been set for all hospitals in Vadodara at Rs 2 lakh. This was made possible after Vinod Rao, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) held multiple meetings with representatives from various private hospitals in Vadodara.

The meetings included representatives from insurance companies as well and went on for five days before the association agreed to fulfill all requirements of the state government to fight Covid-19. With this, 1,000 Covid-19 beds, including 200 beds in ICU and 76 ventilators, have been made available to the public at affordable rates. The rate ceiling set for the private hospitals is nearly 75 per cent less than what the hospitals are charging at present.

All these efforts have been made so that the district administration and the state government are ready in the event of a sudden rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state.