Delhi government to double hospital beds to ready for swine flu

New Delhi: The Delhi government has decided to double the number of hospitals beds in view of the preparedness of the H1N1 Influenza Virus (swine flu), it was announced on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_2437636” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] This was decided in a meeting chaired by Health Minister Satyendra Jain. Jain has directed that isolated wards in hospitals must be kept in a state of readiness and number of beds should be doubled than last year, said an official. The minister has directed the officials to be present in the review meetings at a regular basis, given reports that swine flu cases have been reported in some parts of the country. IANS