PATNA: The state’s capacity to fight the coronavirus pandemic has received a boost with the addition of around 1,000 beds following a government order declaring AIIMS-Patna as a dedicated Covid-19 facility and setting aside 100 beds at all government medical and hospitals.
Before the addition of AIIMS, there were three dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the state — NMCH in Nalanda with 447 beds, ANMCH in Gaya with 450 beds and JLNMCH at Bhagalpur with 600 beds.
“As per guidelines issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Covid-19 positive patients cannot be kept on closely arranged beds. Hence the number of beds had to be reduced in comparison to our total strength,” said a doctor posted at one of the dedicated Covid-19 hospitals.
Even before making AIIMS-Patna the fourth dedicated Covid-19 facility in Bihar, 400 beds were reserved for coronavirus patients and with 1,597 beds at three dedicated hospitals, the total number of beds for serious patients stood at 1,997 in Bihar.
AIIMS-Patna has a total capacity of 960 beds and the hospital administration on Saturday said they will now be using all of them for treating Covid-19 patients. When asked about the ICMR guidelines to maintain distance between beds of patients, AIIMS-Patna superintendent Dr CM Singh said, “We are working on that.”
With additional 100 beds in six other MCHs and the beds in all four dedicated hospitals, the number of beds for treating serious Covid-19 patients has gone up to 3,057.
As of Saturday afternoon, there were 374 Covid-19 patients admitted in the four dedicated hospitals of whom 84 are in ICU and 20 are on ventilator support.
Several patients are also admitted at the other MCHs. The health department on Friday had even tagged districts with all MCHs and now people from particular district will be sent to MCH with which it is tagged.
When asked about the preparations in this regard, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital principal Dr Harsh Narayan Jha said, “We are in a better position as we have two newly constructed buildings in our campus which we will be using to treat Covid-19 patients. We have already identified 100 beds.”
There is a three-tier system for Covid-19 positive patients in Bihar. Serious ones are admitted at the dedicated hospitals. The second rung is that of District Covid Care Centres (DCCC) made out of hotels, guest houses and government buildings lying vacant and coronavirus positive people who mainly need isolation and not much medical treatment are kept here. Doctors and paramedics visit to take the stock of situation.
The third tier is the Dedicated Covid Health Centre (DCHCs) which have been earmarked in the sub-divisional and district hospitals as well as newly constructed buildings in hospital campuses. These have facilities of pulse oxymeter, oxygen pipelines and availability of doctors and paramedics 24X7.
Before the addition of AIIMS, there were three dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in the state — NMCH in Nalanda with 447 beds, ANMCH in Gaya with 450 beds and JLNMCH at Bhagalpur with 600 beds.
“As per guidelines issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Covid-19 positive patients cannot be kept on closely arranged beds. Hence the number of beds had to be reduced in comparison to our total strength,” said a doctor posted at one of the dedicated Covid-19 hospitals.
Even before making AIIMS-Patna the fourth dedicated Covid-19 facility in Bihar, 400 beds were reserved for coronavirus patients and with 1,597 beds at three dedicated hospitals, the total number of beds for serious patients stood at 1,997 in Bihar.
AIIMS-Patna has a total capacity of 960 beds and the hospital administration on Saturday said they will now be using all of them for treating Covid-19 patients. When asked about the ICMR guidelines to maintain distance between beds of patients, AIIMS-Patna superintendent Dr CM Singh said, “We are working on that.”
With additional 100 beds in six other MCHs and the beds in all four dedicated hospitals, the number of beds for treating serious Covid-19 patients has gone up to 3,057.
As of Saturday afternoon, there were 374 Covid-19 patients admitted in the four dedicated hospitals of whom 84 are in ICU and 20 are on ventilator support.
Several patients are also admitted at the other MCHs. The health department on Friday had even tagged districts with all MCHs and now people from particular district will be sent to MCH with which it is tagged.
When asked about the preparations in this regard, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital principal Dr Harsh Narayan Jha said, “We are in a better position as we have two newly constructed buildings in our campus which we will be using to treat Covid-19 patients. We have already identified 100 beds.”
There is a three-tier system for Covid-19 positive patients in Bihar. Serious ones are admitted at the dedicated hospitals. The second rung is that of District Covid Care Centres (DCCC) made out of hotels, guest houses and government buildings lying vacant and coronavirus positive people who mainly need isolation and not much medical treatment are kept here. Doctors and paramedics visit to take the stock of situation.
The third tier is the Dedicated Covid Health Centre (DCHCs) which have been earmarked in the sub-divisional and district hospitals as well as newly constructed buildings in hospital campuses. These have facilities of pulse oxymeter, oxygen pipelines and availability of doctors and paramedics 24X7.
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