Table 4.
Number of hospital beds, ICUs and ventilators available in India.
| OVERALL | AVAILABILITY FOR COVID |
SOURCE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASE 1 | CASE 2 | CASE 3 | |||
| TOTAL HOSPITAL BEDS | |||||
| Government Hospitals | 739,024 | 147,805 | 147,805 | 147,805 | National Health Profile, 2019 |
| Medical Colleges | 202,233 | 40,447 | 40,447 | 40,447 | National Health Profile, 2019 and scrapping missing data from college websites. |
| ESI Hospitals | 19,765 | 3,953 | 3,953 | 3,953 | National Health Profile, 2018 |
| Railways | 13,748 | 2,750 | 2,750 | 2,750 | National Health Profile, 2018 |
| Defense | 34,520 | 6,904 | 6,904 | 6,904 | National Health Profile, 2018 |
| AYUSH | 55,242 | 11,048 | 11,048 | 11,048 | National Health Profile, 2018 |
| Public Beds | 1,064,532 | 212,906 | 212,906 | 212,906 | |
| Private beds | 1,298,764 | 64,938 | 194,815 | 389,629 | Approximation from NSSO 75th round data |
| Total beds (Public + Private) | 2,363,296 | 277,845 | 407,721 | 602,536 | |
| RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR SEVERE AND CRITICAL CASES | |||||
| ICU beds (Public) | 53,226 | 10,645 | 10,645 | 10,645 | |
| ICU beds (Private) | 64,938 | 3247 | 9741 | 19,481 | |
| ICU beds (Public + Private) | 118,164 | 13,892 | 20,386 | 30,127 | |
| Ventilators (Public) | 26,613 | 5323 | 5323 | 5323 | |
| Ventilators (Private) | 32,469 | 1623 | 4870 | 9741 | |
| Ventilators (Public + Private) | 59,082 | 6946 | 10,193 | 15,063 | |
| RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR MILD CASES | |||||
| Public Beds | 1,011,306 | 202,261 | 202,261 | 202,261 | |
| Private Beds | 1,233,826 | 61,691 | 185,074 | 370,148 | |
| Total Beds | 2,245,132 | 263,953 | 387,335 | 572,409 | |
Assumption: Case1- 20% public beds and 5% private beds are dedicated for COVID patients. Case 2–20% public beds and 15% private beds are dedicated for COVID patients. Case 3–20% public beds and 30% private beds are dedicated for COVID patients.
ICU Beds and Ventilators: Case1- 20% ICU beds & Ventilators in public hospitals and 5% in private hospitals. Case 2- 20% ICU beds & Ventilators in public hospitals and 15% ICU beds in private hospitals are dedicated for COVID patients. Case 3- 20% ICU beds & Ventilators in public hospitals and 30% ICU beds & Ventilators in private hospitals are dedicated for COVID treatment.4.3Capacity-need gap under various scenarios.