Now, exclusive Covid ward for children

City-based Masonic Hospital has opened an exclusive Covid-19 ward for children with 50 beds.
All the beds are equipped with high flow oxygen facilities and will cater to children below 18 who test positive for the novel coronavirus.
Though no Covid-19 infected child has required hospitalization so far, many children who get admitted for other ailments end up testing positive for the virus. They are kept in isolation as well, according to authorities in the 30-year-old children hospital.
The ward set up in a separate building will also allow one parent to stay with the infected child.
The hospital has also set up an outpost in front of the building to handle fever cases at the entrance and collect their nasal swabs.
On the first day, three children got admitted. “Despite reports of Covid-19 increasingly affecting children, we have not seen any infected child developing pneumonia or lung issues,” chief medical officer Dr R Krishnaswami said.