The beds for Covid 19 patients in most government and private hospitals remained full on Tuesday.
The beds for Covid 19 patients in most government and private hospitals remained full on Tuesday. However, the Nalanda Medical College & Hospital (NMCH) had 116 beds (16 with oxygen) vacant till evening, with 384 patients in the ward with oxygen support. The bed status was changing almost every hour with discharge and new admissions.
The NMCH superintendent, Dr Binod Kumar Singh, said the hospital had sent a letter to the DM with a request to maintain the supply of the oxygen cylinders, which has an average daily consumption of 1,000 cylinders. "We also requested for additional 250 cylinders on stand by as sudden shut down of this life-saving gas can create trouble at the hospital", he said.
The deputy superintendent, Dr Satish Kumar, said a doctor of the paediatrics department, Akhilesh Kumar, has been appointed as oxygen officer to monitor the supply and availability of cylinders. A team of hospital staff would assist him in shift wise round-the-clock oxygen monitoring.
All 106 beds in the Covid ward of the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) are occupied. The superintendent, Dr IS Thakur, said while 81 patients are in the general ward, 25 are in the ICUs.
Besides, 30 beds in the newly set up 50-bed suspected covid ward were occupied.
The hospital has issued a phone number of the Covid control room (0612 2304104) for the status of bed availability. Thakur said people who needed admission called the superintendent or other officials, who might not be updated on the bed availability status as it changed every hour.
The Covid ward at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences- Patna ( AIIMS-P) was filled with 297 patients, said Dr Sanjeev Kumar, the nodal officer. There is no complaint of shortage of oxygen or any other medicines at the hospital, he added.
The Indira Gandhi Institute of medical sciences (IGIMS) Covid ward had 122 patients. Its superintendent, Dr Manish Mandal, said though six beds became vacant after discharge, new serious patients were admitted. "We have to reply over fifty calls every day on bed availability," he said.
Covid wards at Paras HMRI and Ford Hospital similarly remained occupied to their full capacity of 100 and 75 beds respectively. The High Tech hospital near Saguna Mor, too, had 25 patients with no room for more.
Meanwhile, a 100-bed Covid ward at Medanta Jaiprabha Superspecialty Hospital will also begin soon, Patna DM Chandrasekhar Singh said, adding the hospital management has sought a week to make the Covid ward functional.
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