Two private hospitals of the district Mount Adora Hospital in Akhalia and North East Medical College Hospital (NEMCH), being used as Covid dedicated hospitals also reached their capacity of ICU and Isolation beds until Wednesday 9pm.

Business development consultant of Mount Adora Hospital Rashedul Islam said, all of the 9 ICU and 26 isolation beds of the hospital are currently occupied.

Meanwhile, Managing Director of NEMCH, Dr Shahriar Hossain Chowdhury said, “We’ve increased the number of ICU and isolation beds in the hospital in the wake of soaring number of Covid patients. And none of the facilities are available now”

The hospital had 12 Covid dedicated ICU beds and more than 30 general ICU beds.

Until Thursday Sylhet’s Covid death toll reached 478, while caseload stood at 25,981.

Source: United News of Bangladesh