Tirupur GH dean denies rumours on deaths

Coimbatore: Scotching rumours that two Covid-19 patients died while waiting outside the Tirupur Government Medical College and Hospital for admission, dean of the hospital Valli Sathyamoorthy on Monday said while one patient died while he was brought to the hospital from a private hospital, the other died without responding to treatment on Sunday night.
Valli said a 65-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were referred to the Tirupur Government Medical College Hospital around 11pm on Sunday from private hospitals.
The man died while on the way to the government hospital from a private hospital in an ambulance. The woman patient died within 30 minutes of admission.
The dean said some private hospitals were referring patients in critical condition to government hospitals.
The private hospitals should not send patients to the government hospital without inquiring about bed availability, the dean said. “We have 281 beds. Of them, 156 are oxygen beds. We are working to create additional 45 oxygen beds,” Valli said.