In Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, hospitals are running out of beds as Covid cases surge
As Chhattisgarh sees surge in Covid cases, state's capital Raipur has been the highest contributor with over 24,000 active cases and 1,492 deaths so far.
A view of ICU ward at Ramakrishna hospital, Raipur | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
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Raipur: As Covid cases rise across the country, Chhattisgarh too is seeing a surge in infections. According to health ministry data, the state has so far recorded over five lakh cases and more than 5,500 deaths.
Of this, Raipur has been the highest contributor with over 24,000 active cases and 1,492 deaths so far.
ThePrint visited several private and government hospitals in the state’s capital Raipur, and found that most of them are running out of beds as cases surge.
A Covid patient in the ICU at Ramakrishna Hospital in Raipur| Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintA patient under treatment at Ramakrishna Hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintNurses check reports of Covid patients at Ramakrishna Hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintA patient outside Durg Civil Hospital in Chhattisgarh | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintPatients in emergency ward at Durg Civil Hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintA team of paramedics, nurses and doctors at Ramakrishna Hospital, Raipur | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintPeople wait in a queue for RT-PCR test at Durg Civil Hospital | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
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