JAIPUR: RUHS Hospital is facing a shortage of nursing staff following a spurt in number of patients in the wake of increasing Covid cases.
SMS Medical College has already deployed 350 nursing staff in the hospital. Before the pandemic, the newly constructed RUHS Hospital was just limited to out-patient department and its indoor facilities had not been started at that time. After it was declared a dedicated Covid hospital, nursing and paramedical staff was arranged from other government-run hospitals and health centres in the periphery.
“We have deployed 350 nursing staff from SMS Medical College in RUHS hospital,” said a SMS Hospital official. Now, more staff is required.
The health directorate issued orders of deploying 25 nursing staff from JK Lon Hospital to RUHS Hospital, 15 from Zanana hospital, 15 from Mahila Chikitsalaya, 20 from psychiatric centre, 10 from institute of respiratory diseases, five each from satellite hospitals Bani Park, Sethi Colony and Kanwatia hospital.
An RUHS Hospital administration official said the number of beds in RUHS will be increased to 1,200 soon. A 70-bed ICU is also coming up at the hospital for Covid patients.
Since RUHS management came under SMS Medical College for Covid care and treatment, the facilities at RUHS has increased manifold, needing more staff. The hospital has installed 30 oxygen points with wheelchairs and fowler bed in emergency of RUHS to oxygenate every patient within a minute, increase in ICUs oxygen points beds and 150 ventilated beds in addition to and 70-bed ICU soon.