Indian hospitals have plenty COVID hospital beds for children


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  • Monday, 10 Jan 2022

A staff member cleans medical equipment inside a ward that is set up to treat people infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian states have reserved more than double the COVID-19 hospital beds for children than recommended by federal experts out of fear of being under-prepared, government data shows,

although doctors say not many youngsters have needed critical care yet.

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