Delhi government directs hospitals to scale up bed capacity amid heatwave

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday chaired an emergency meeting with the heads of all major hospitals in the city in the wake of the extreme heatwave. He directed the hospitals to ensure necessary health facilities, including sufficient beds.

It was also decided in the meeting that Delhi Police officers and patrolling teams will be requested to help in shifting homeless individuals to shelter homes if they are found in the open.

“The Health Department is sending communication to the Delhi Police Commissioner to ask their patrolling teams to call ambulances if their teams spot destitute individuals running high fevers or who are sick,” the minister said in a post on X after the meeting.