LUCKNOW, May 25 -- State-run hospitals in the city have launched preparations following directives from the state government to reserve at least 10 beds each to handle any potential COVID-related emergencies amid growing number of cases in the country.

Government medical colleges and hospitals in Uttar Pradesh have been directed to check and ready their emergency wings following the recent detection of cases in Ghaziabad.

According to officials at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital, commonly known as Civil Hospital, 10 beds reserved during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 and 2021 were ready. Chief medical superintendent (CMS), Civil Hospital, Rajesh Srivastava said that a dedicated Covid ward with 10 beds is already reserved.

He pointed ou...