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If it was not for the VIP, Why AIIMS bed remained vacant when the nation facing a horrible 2nd wave?

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In this post, I write less and let the headlines and data to speak their story. Headlines in this post are of the 3rd week of April 2021. Data of AIIMS is dated 20th April 2021. If you read closely the data on the occupancy of covid beds in AIIMS, You will find a pattern. It can not be a mere coincidence that occupancy of covid beds was 82-83% in most of AIIMS on 20th April. 18-20% of beds were vacated ( Reserved for the VIP ? ) on the 20th April 2021 when the nation was gripped in horrible 2nd covid wave. Why?   Patna, Bihar Bhashkar 20 April Total Covid beds - 270 Covid Bed occupancy - 82% Nearly 48 Covid beds remain vacant in AIIMS Patna when citizens of Bihar struggling and traveling hundreds of km to get treatment. Furthermore, the total number of beds in AIIMS Patna was 960 while only 270 reserved for the covid. Here 690 beds reserved for the non-covid where occupancy was just 30%. It means, More than 400 Beds could be made available for the covid treatment without jeopar...