JAIPUR: While the percentage of Covid-19 deaths among patients with no co-morbid conditions has increased across the state, the biggest dedicated
Covid RUHS Hospital has succeeded in achieving 93.2% recovery rate of patients admitted to the hospital with the infection.
The RUHS Hospital reported 750 Covid deaths out of the 11,079 patients admitted to the hospital for Covid treatment, since first case was admitted for treatment in the hospital. The mortality rate due to Covid at RUHS Hospital is 6.8%.
RUHS Hospital is the biggest dedicated Covid hospital in the state with 1,200 bed capacity for Covid treatment. “Every day, we admit more than 400 patients to our hospital. We have managed to achieve recovery rate of more than 90%. Three medicine units from SMS Medical College have been shifted to RUHS Hospital for Covid patients’ treatment. Professors take rounds of the Covid wards daily,” said Dr Sudhir Bhandari, principal and controller, SMS Medical College.
He added that the patients are getting all the healthcare services free of cost for Covid. “Once a patient is brought to emergency unit, we immediately conduct his CT scan, which is absolutely free of cost. The cost of the test in some labs is as high as Rs1,800. Also, costly injections such as tocilizumab and remdesivir are provided free of cost. Blood investigations include cytokine markers, Interleukin 6 (IL-6), d-dimer — all tests are free. ICUs and ventilators are provided to patients free of cost. We are taking care of the patients and the government is not charging any money for the treatment including medicines at RUHS Hospital,” said Dr Bhandari.
RUHS Hospital is a hope for patients not only from Jaipur but also for patients from other parts of the state.
On Monday, 432 patients were admitted to RUHS Hospital. Out of those, 268 were from Jaipur, while rest of them were from different parts of the state, including 10 from other states such as Bihar, UP, Delhi, Gujarat and Haryana. “The bed occupancy in our hospital was 36.3% on Monday. We have sufficient number of beds available with oxygen support, ICU beds and beds with ventilator support,” said Dr Ajit Singh, medical superintendent, RUHS Hospital. Dr Singh said that the recovery rate of patients at RUHS is more than 93%.