It’s no wonder, as to why elected representatives who are testing positive for the infection are not getting themselves admitted at Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation’s (MBMC) own dedicated COVID-19 care facility in Bhayandar and are instead opting for private hospitals to get treated. The answer lies in a video showing two dirty and poorly maintained common toilets in the hospital.
The facility is run by the civic administration in association with the state government authorities.
The video which went viral on various social media platforms not only exposes the shoddy facilities for high-risk patients at the COVID-19 hospital but also shows the blind eye turned by the civic administration and the members of the ruling government towards such serious issue amidst the ongoing health crisis.
When contacted, additional municipal commissioner - Mahesh Varudkar said that the issue had been resolved and the concerned had been reprimanded, with a warning and undertaking that such lapses will not be repeated again.
The government-owned Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Civil (Tembha) Hospital in Bhayandar (west) had been upgraded to a 200-bedded dedicated COVID-19 isolation facility amid an alarming rise in the number of positive cases in the twin-city. The hospital also houses two Intensive Care Units (ICU) fully equipped with life supporting measures including much-needed ventilator facilities.
With 276 more people testing positive for the virus on Friday, the total number of COVID-19 cumulative patients has climbed to 3885, even as the death toll has reached 152.
