LUCKNOW, Dec. 8 -- There are just 11% beds in shelter homes - available to attendants of patients - at the five major government hospitals across the city.

A reality check by the HT team on Sunday found that the King George's Medical University (KGMU) has the capacity to cater 3,500 patients, the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) has 1,100 beds, Syama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital has 300 beds, while Balrampur has 700 beds and Lok Bandhu Raj Narain Hospital (LBRN) has 300 beds. This makes it a total of 5,900 beds.

However, the number of beds for attendants at shelter homes on campuses of these hospitals was far fewer. KGMU has 418 shelter home beds, RMLIMS has 108 shelter home beds, Civil Hospital has just 23 ...