BMC: Jaslok hospital to be fully dedicated COVID-19 facility

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to convert the Jaslok Hospital into a dedicated facility only for COVID-19 patients amid rising covid cases.

As per the notice, BMC said Jaslok Hospital will no longer admit non-COVID-19 patients and instructions to this effect have been issued to the hospital's management. It is the first prominent private hospital to be declared as a dedicated COVID-19 facility in the city since the second wave of the coronavirus here, BMC sources said.

BMC has ordered the hospital to discharge all stable patients, admitted in its non-COVID-19 wards, who do not require tertiary care. The hospital has also been asked to transfer the non-COVID-19 patients requiring tertiary care to nearby facilities within 48 hours.

"All patients admitted for elective surgeries to be discharged by postponing the elective surgeries," reads the BMC''s order. On Wednesday, Mumbai recorded 9,925 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 5,44,942, while 54 more patients succumbed to the infection, according to the civic body.