COIMBATORE: The 10-month-old infant, his mother and three others, who were undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at ESIC Hospital in the city, were discharged on Monday after doctors confirmed that they were cured of the novel coronavirus.
They are the first batch of patients who were discharged from the hospital, after the city witnessed its first positive case on March 22.
The 29-year-old doctor who treated Thailand nationals in Erode, her 10-month-old boy, 51-year-old woman who worked at their house, 48-year-old businessman from Udumalpet and 25-year-old student who returned from Spain were discharged from the hospital and sent to their houses in ambulances, said a doctor from ESIC.
“Even though the infant was asymptomatic from the beginning, we were a bit worried and monitored him closely because he was only a few months old. We are so happy that he was cured of the infection,” the doctor said.
While the 51-year-old also remained asymptomatic, the three others had mild symptoms, the doctor pointed out.
“Once the patients remain asymptomatic for 24 hours, they would be subjected to two continuous tests and only if both the test results were negative, we would consider them for discharging,” the doctor said, adding that the throat and nasal swabs of the patients would be sent to the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research in Chennai for testing.
Meanwhile, collector K Rajamani said there are about 140 ventilators in government hospitals in the district and orders have been placed to procure more ventilators and other equipment. He said Rs 7 crore was allotted from MP and MLA funds for carrying out emergency activities in the district while the collector’s fund has Rs 3 crore. So, we are not in short of fund, he added. The district would also get rapid test kit soon, he added.
“We have over 1,000 beds in government hospitals, 240 beds in primary health centres (PHCs) and over 13,000 beds in major private hospitals, schools and colleges in the district. In addition to it, several organizations including CODISSIA had come forward and asked us to use their buildings in case of emergency,” he said.
As on Monday, 300 patients were tested for the virus at ESIC Hospital and of which, the result turned negative for 228 people, the collector said.
They are the first batch of patients who were discharged from the hospital, after the city witnessed its first positive case on March 22.
The 29-year-old doctor who treated Thailand nationals in Erode, her 10-month-old boy, 51-year-old woman who worked at their house, 48-year-old businessman from Udumalpet and 25-year-old student who returned from Spain were discharged from the hospital and sent to their houses in ambulances, said a doctor from ESIC.
“Even though the infant was asymptomatic from the beginning, we were a bit worried and monitored him closely because he was only a few months old. We are so happy that he was cured of the infection,” the doctor said.
While the 51-year-old also remained asymptomatic, the three others had mild symptoms, the doctor pointed out.
“Once the patients remain asymptomatic for 24 hours, they would be subjected to two continuous tests and only if both the test results were negative, we would consider them for discharging,” the doctor said, adding that the throat and nasal swabs of the patients would be sent to the King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research in Chennai for testing.
Meanwhile, collector K Rajamani said there are about 140 ventilators in government hospitals in the district and orders have been placed to procure more ventilators and other equipment. He said Rs 7 crore was allotted from MP and MLA funds for carrying out emergency activities in the district while the collector’s fund has Rs 3 crore. So, we are not in short of fund, he added. The district would also get rapid test kit soon, he added.
“We have over 1,000 beds in government hospitals, 240 beds in primary health centres (PHCs) and over 13,000 beds in major private hospitals, schools and colleges in the district. In addition to it, several organizations including CODISSIA had come forward and asked us to use their buildings in case of emergency,” he said.
As on Monday, 300 patients were tested for the virus at ESIC Hospital and of which, the result turned negative for 228 people, the collector said.
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