LUCKNOW: As the state government denotified all covid care centres in the city but four, medical facilities returned to normal as they were during the pre-Covid times.
Though classes have begun in November followed by the OPD recently, all hospitals are now ready to accept non-Covid patients.
“Classes, tele-medicine, OPD and patient admission have started taking place gradually even before the order. Since our Covid building was completely different from the rest of the hospital, it was hardly any hindrance in smooth functioning,” said principal of Era’s Lucknow Medical College Dr MMA Faridi.
“Currently, we have two patients who are going to be discharged soon. The remaining beds were ready and sanitized for admissions. We will still keep a holding area for those patients who will be tested for Covid-19 before admission,” he added.
At Lokbandhu hospital around 150 patients were treated on the first day of denotification on Wednesday. “Only one critical Covid-19 patient was admitted who was referred to a higher centre for ventilator support. All other Covid patients were transferred to KGMU on Tuesday and sanitization was completed,” said former nodal officer for Covid-19 at the hospital, Dr Rupendra Kumar.
At Integral Institute of Medical Sciences, the entire wing dedicated to Covid-19 was sanitised soon after the denotification.
“Not many patients were admitted on the first day in the wing but the intake would increase gradually with time,” said spokesperson Dr Sudhir Mehrotra.