Hyderabad: Telangana faces a surge in the number of new Covid-19 cases, the health and medical infrastructure continues to scramble to deal with the rising demand for oxygen beds and ICUs.

The same is the case at Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences, a 1261-bedded hospital that was set up last year exclusively for Covid-19 treatment. All the 619 and 137 ICU beds in Gandhi hospital and TIMS, respectively, remain occupied.

A comparison of hospital bed availability on these two dates shows that in seven months, the state has managed to add only 4,405 ICU beds and 7,264 oxygen beds. While it managed to add 15,323 regular beds in government and private hospitals together, as many as 15,233 of a total 19,489 regular beds available in the state are lying vacant as of April 26.