MUMBAI: As covid-19 cases mount in Mumbai and patients struggle to get beds in hospitals, the city’s civic authorities are considering a change in strategy such as allowing patients with mild or no symptoms to recover at home.
The administration also mulls upgrading lower rung covid-care centres to treat patients with serious symptoms. These steps will help reserve hospital beds exclusively for the critically ill.
Following the massive surge in new cases in Mumbai, the city’s civic authorities had created a multi-tier system for patient management.
Lowest in the hierarchy are Covid Care Centres (CCCs), which are reserved primarily for patients who are positive but are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
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