Bhubaneswar, May 16 -- Bhubaneswar: The health department in Odisha issued an advisory on Sunday to both the private and government Covid-19 treatment facilities to establish dedicated help desks with immediate effect.

Further, directions have been issued to the private hospitals to reserve 50 per cent of the total general bed and 80 per cent of ICU in five Municipal Corporation areas and 10 per cent of the total bed in case of other districts.

In spite of the instructions for all Covid-19 treatment facilities (both in government and private) to put up a help desk to provide information to the near and dear ones of patients in such facilities, complaints are being received from the relatives of the patients as they are not getting any f...