RANJHA, JUNE 20
With the number of Covid-19 infection declining in the Banke district, eighty per cent of the beds allocated for Covid-19 cases have become vacant.
The district that had once become one of the major 'hotspots' during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, seems to be witnessing some normalcy in recent days.
The number of people currently receiving treatment for COVID-19 in several district-based hospitals has come down to 74. Among them, 13 are from the district while the remaining 61 are from outside the district, according to Tej Oli, resource person at District CoVID-19 Crisis Management Center, Banke.
Beds allotted for Covid-19 cases in the hospitals here are becoming vacant as the infection rate is gradually slowing down here, Oli added.
There are a total of 361 dedicated beds for Covid-19 patients in four small and large health facilities in the district -- Bheri Hospital, Nepalgunj; Kohalpur-based Teaching Hospital, Western Hospital and the United Hospital.
