<p>Beds in city hospitals, especially those run by the BBMP, will be allotted through a queue system, according to the government. </p>.<p>Any Covid patient who calls the BBMP war room or helpline for booking the hospital bed will be given an auto-generated queue number, the number of people on the wait list and the number of patients in hospitals. </p>.<p>Minister for Forest, Kannada and Culture Aravind Limbavali, the nodal minister for Covid war rooms and call centres, made the announcement at a meeting of war room officials at the Arogya Soudha, Magadi Road. </p>.<p>The queue system will be introduced in the city in the next two days before being rolled out in the rest of Karnataka based on public feedback. </p>.<p>Limbavali clarified that there will be a separate treatment facility for patients who require emergency care. "Hospital beds will be allocated based on patients' condition," he added. </p>.<p>This apart, the government is considering bringing changes to the software used at the war room to make it more people-friendly. This will take a few days, he said. </p>.<p>Patients or their attendants will get an an SMS and a four-hour window for hospitalisation. If they do not turn up within this deadline, an alert SMS will be sent to the patient/attendant and the nodal officer at the hospital. </p>.<p>The government will soon merge the state-level war room with the BBMP war room for better efficiency and coordination, Limbavali said. </p>
<p>Beds in city hospitals, especially those run by the BBMP, will be allotted through a queue system, according to the government. </p>.<p>Any Covid patient who calls the BBMP war room or helpline for booking the hospital bed will be given an auto-generated queue number, the number of people on the wait list and the number of patients in hospitals. </p>.<p>Minister for Forest, Kannada and Culture Aravind Limbavali, the nodal minister for Covid war rooms and call centres, made the announcement at a meeting of war room officials at the Arogya Soudha, Magadi Road. </p>.<p>The queue system will be introduced in the city in the next two days before being rolled out in the rest of Karnataka based on public feedback. </p>.<p>Limbavali clarified that there will be a separate treatment facility for patients who require emergency care. "Hospital beds will be allocated based on patients' condition," he added. </p>.<p>This apart, the government is considering bringing changes to the software used at the war room to make it more people-friendly. This will take a few days, he said. </p>.<p>Patients or their attendants will get an an SMS and a four-hour window for hospitalisation. If they do not turn up within this deadline, an alert SMS will be sent to the patient/attendant and the nodal officer at the hospital. </p>.<p>The government will soon merge the state-level war room with the BBMP war room for better efficiency and coordination, Limbavali said. </p>
