TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said L-G Anil Baijal’s order on hospitals would be implemented amid a political slugfest in the Capital even as cases rise. Kejriwal, who was addressing the media a day after he tested negative for Covid-19, said: “L-G’s directives will be implemented in letter and spirit, this is not the time for disagreements or arguments.”
He also asked people to promote social distancing and usage of masks as a people’s movement “just like the odd-even scheme”. “In normal time, 50 per cent patients come from outside Delhi for treatments. So going by that calculation we need about 1.5 lakh beds by July. I will personally oversee stadiums being turned into quarantine centres.
In last eight days, Delhi hospitals admitted 1,900 people. Around 4,200 beds are vacant in hospitals,” said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a digital briefing. L-G Baijal had overturned the decision of the AAP government to reserve Delhi government hospitals and some private ones for residents.
