PATNA: The
beds in
Covid wards of all major government hospitals in the city were full on Saturday amid the rapid surge of coronavirus cases in the state.
At
PMCH, all the 105 Covid beds, including 80 ICUs, were full of patients, said its superintendent Dr IS Thakur.
The similar was the situation at
AIIMS-Patna where all the 190 Covid beds were full, said its nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar.
NMCH deputy superintendent Dr Satish Kumar said there were 176 patients in the Covid ward against the capacity of 160 beds. He said about 90% of the patients admitted were on
oxygen support.
Regarding the announcement to make NMCH a dedicated Covid hospital, its principal Dr H L Mahto said though they did not receive any formal letter from the government till evening, preparations were afoot on that line. “We need 24 hours to get it ready as a dedicated Covid hospital as we would have to shift other patients undergoing treatment after surgeries to other hospitals,” he said.
All the 59 beds, including 24 ICUs, in Paras HMRI hospital were full. Its regional director Dr Talat Halim said seven more ICUs would become functional by Sunday.
Patna DM Dr Chandrasekhar Singh said 50 more beds at Medanta Jaiprabha Hospital and 75 at Rajendra Nagar Eye Hospital would be ready for Covid patients in two days.
However, there was no report of oxygen crisis either at PMCH or NMCH or AIIMS-P on Saturday.
Meanwhile, PMCH deputy superintendent Dr RK Rana tested positive on Saturday. So far 62 doctors and 50 nursing staff of PMCH have tested positive. PMCH principal Dr VP Choudhary had already been infected earlier. Dr Thakur said there was no crisis of oxygen and sufficient number of cylinders have been placed in every ward for emergency requirements.
There was also no oxygen shortage at AIIMS-P, but the hospital had urgent need of Remdesivir injection. “The Covid ward requires 50 vials of Remdesivir every day, but we have none today. We have asked the supplier to rush it,” its nodal officer Dr Sanjeev said.