Part 2: With 99% ICU Beds Taken, Mumbai is Facing a Serious Crisis

Mumbai a coronavirus hotspot with over 51,000 confirmed cases is struggling to provide beds for its patients. If the good news is that the city’s case growth rate dipped and now stands at 2.93 percent, the bad news is the BMC data that indicates that almost 99 percent of the ICU beds in Mumbai are occupied. While the opposition parties have raised an alarm about the severe shortage of beds in Mumbai, the state government has alleged that the opposition is politicizing the pandemic. But there's no denying that there are in fact a lot of complaints coming from citizens about not finding a hospital bed for patients. With an surge of cases, a shortage of medical staff, packed wards — why is Mumbai's health infrastructure failing so badly at this moment of need? Tune in to The Big Story! Producer and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha Guest: Dr Ravidra Maske from Sangharsh Nagar, Mumbai Vaishali Sood, Editor, Quint Fit Editor: Shelly Walia Also listen to: Part 1: What’s the Reason Behind Hospital Bed Crunch in Delhi? Reference: Mumbai: 99% ICU beds occupied in city Cyclone Nisarga empties out jumbo BKC hospital; all 242 Covid-19 patients sent to NSCI dome Music: Big Bang Fuzz Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng Castbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices