<p>A 50-year-old woman with breathing difficulties died on Saturday after a shortage of beds forced 12 hospitals to refuse admission.</p>.<p>Her husband Babu said the family had approached 12 hospitals in three days, including Victoria Hospital and other private facilities, who all slammed their doors on them, citing a shortage of beds. The woman died on Saturday, a few minutes into her admission at KC General Hospital.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Second death </strong></p>.<p>A 35-year-old man, Manjunath, also died on Saturday after enduring fever for three days and being refused admission at several hospitals due to a shortage of beds.</p>.<p>As his condition worsened, his wife admitted him to a private hospital on Saturday after hours of ordeal. But the man died less than 15 minutes after getting admitted. Hospital authorities took swab samples from the deceased and said the body would be handed over after the test results.</p>.<p>BBMP personnel also failed to shift the body of a Covid-19 patient in Kalasipalya almost a day after the death.</p>.<p>Despite civic workers disinfecting the place, the neighbours were in a state of panic after the body was kept at home.</p>
<p>A 50-year-old woman with breathing difficulties died on Saturday after a shortage of beds forced 12 hospitals to refuse admission.</p>.<p>Her husband Babu said the family had approached 12 hospitals in three days, including Victoria Hospital and other private facilities, who all slammed their doors on them, citing a shortage of beds. The woman died on Saturday, a few minutes into her admission at KC General Hospital.</p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Second death </strong></p>.<p>A 35-year-old man, Manjunath, also died on Saturday after enduring fever for three days and being refused admission at several hospitals due to a shortage of beds.</p>.<p>As his condition worsened, his wife admitted him to a private hospital on Saturday after hours of ordeal. But the man died less than 15 minutes after getting admitted. Hospital authorities took swab samples from the deceased and said the body would be handed over after the test results.</p>.<p>BBMP personnel also failed to shift the body of a Covid-19 patient in Kalasipalya almost a day after the death.</p>.<p>Despite civic workers disinfecting the place, the neighbours were in a state of panic after the body was kept at home.</p>
