After contracting Covid-19, most Indian ministers are being treated in private hospitals

On Sunday evening, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in a tweet that he had contracted Covid-19. He had been tested after he showed symptoms. Soon after, it was reported that the 55-year-old politician had been hospitalised at Medanta, a private healthcare facility in Gurugram.

By Sunday, India has recorded over 17 lakh cases of Covid-19. On Sunday morning, 54,735 fresh cases were reported.

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit also tested positive for the virus on Sunday. He was asymptomatic and advised home isolation. His tests and other assessments were conducted at Kauvery Hospital, a private facility.

Several ministers in states have also contracted the disease. Most of them were treated at private healthcare facilities and not in public hospitals.

However, some did receive treatment in government-run hospitals. On Sunday, Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of Technical Education Kamal Rani Varun, 62, died of the virus, NDTV reported. She tested positive on July 18 and had been admitted to the state-run Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow.

Privately administered care

Curiously, in the case of Amit Shah, a team from the Centrally-funded All India Institute of Medical Sciences is likely visit the private facility in Gurugram to treat him, ANI reported.

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