The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will allot all the beds from its four jumbo COVID centres to private hospitals which will run them for a minimum of three months or till the COVID-19 wave exists. But the work order of beds will be given in a phased manner.

The BMC will pay Rs 5,800 per ICU bed and Rs 1,500 per oxygenated bed at the jumbo centres. The BMC administration has finalised five centres – Ruby Allcare Services’ Lifeline Hospital management services, Om Sai Aarogya Care Pvt Ltd, Medtitans  Management and Apex Hospital –  to run the four jumbo centres which include Dahisar, Somaiya, Kanjurmarg and Malad. It will also allot 108 ICU beds from the BKC centre to the contractors. The overall contract cost is around Rs 105 crore – mainly for staff, equipment – and does not include meals, cleanliness, security, fire services, water, sewerage management, maintenance of machinery and oxygen supply. MMRDA, MHADA and CIDCO have constructed the jumbo centres at Malad, Kanjurmarg and Somaiya ground.