The city has more than 12,500 beds in its hospitals,[320] including about 5,000 in multi-specialty hospitals in the private sector and over 6,000 beds in the public sector.[321] This works to 2.1 beds per 1,000 population against the national average of less than one bed per 1,000 population and the World Health Organization's norms of three beds per 1,000 persons, higher than any other city in the country.