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The Times of India
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Kolkata: Covid wards filling up, hospitals restrict admission to only critical patients

KOLKATA: A few private hospitals in Kolkata are planning to restrict admission of Covid patients to only those who have comorbidities or low oxygen saturation levels to keep wards and beds free to continue non-Covid treatment. Covid patients with just fever as symptom will be advised to stay in home isolation under the hospital's supervision with a promise to admit them in case their condition worsens.

Some have already started doing it.

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