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    The rich bring hospitals to their homes amid coronavirus surge

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    Ventilator sales and demand for setting up residential ICU facilities see a spike

    No hospital rooms – create one at home. Wealthy Indians, whether infected by covid or fearing infection, are taking private healthcare to the next level by buying advanced medical equipment like non-invasive ventilators and setting up ICUs at home.And like in the case of oxygen concentrators, stocks of these more high end medical equipment, as well supply of medical professionals, is also fast depleting, home healthcare service providers say.
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