Bed availability for Covid patients improves in Pune Metropolitan Region
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PUNE: Bed availability for Covid-19 patients in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) has considerably improved in the third week of May, after a severe shortage throughout April, following the rise in the recovery rate.
PMR data on Thursday revealed that 7,316 beds of the over 14,156 reserved for Covid patients were available in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits. In the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits, around 6,227 of the total 10,563 beds were available.
These beds include ones with and without oxygen support and also ICU beds with and without ventilator support. Hospitals in the PMC areas had zero ICU ventilator-supported beds for most part of April. The number has gone to around 20. In the PCMC limits, 43 ICU ventilator support beds were available as on Thursday evening.
Subhash Salunke, adviser to the state government on Covid-19 and former director general of health services (Maharashtra), told TOI, “We are witnessing a decline in the number of Covid cases. But there is a chance that the number can fluctuate too, just like it is happening in a few districts of the state. The only exception to it is Mumbai, where they have seen a rapid decline.”
Salunke said the administration and citizens cannot afford to be complacent. “It is a good sign that we are seeing an overall improvement. But we should be cautious, at least in the present situation,” he said.
Authorities from the dedicated Covid hospitals in the Pimpri Chinchwad areas — Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital and the Autocluster hospital — shared the same view. A senior official from the PMC’s health department confirmed that the bed availability has significantly improved, especially in private hospitals. He, however, admitted that ventilator beds were still a concern.
Sanjay Patil, chairman of the IMA’s hospital board of India, said though the number of Covid cases was going down, critical patients were a worry. “That number is the last to be reduced and it needs to be worked upon. Now that the number of patients is going down, small and medium-sized hospitals can see a breather,” he said.
According to the district health office data, Pune had 21,856 hospitalised active cases and 43,227 people were in home isolation on Wednesday.
PMR data on Thursday revealed that 7,316 beds of the over 14,156 reserved for Covid patients were available in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits. In the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits, around 6,227 of the total 10,563 beds were available.
These beds include ones with and without oxygen support and also ICU beds with and without ventilator support. Hospitals in the PMC areas had zero ICU ventilator-supported beds for most part of April. The number has gone to around 20. In the PCMC limits, 43 ICU ventilator support beds were available as on Thursday evening.
Subhash Salunke, adviser to the state government on Covid-19 and former director general of health services (Maharashtra), told TOI, “We are witnessing a decline in the number of Covid cases. But there is a chance that the number can fluctuate too, just like it is happening in a few districts of the state. The only exception to it is Mumbai, where they have seen a rapid decline.”
Salunke said the administration and citizens cannot afford to be complacent. “It is a good sign that we are seeing an overall improvement. But we should be cautious, at least in the present situation,” he said.
Authorities from the dedicated Covid hospitals in the Pimpri Chinchwad areas — Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital and the Autocluster hospital — shared the same view. A senior official from the PMC’s health department confirmed that the bed availability has significantly improved, especially in private hospitals. He, however, admitted that ventilator beds were still a concern.
Sanjay Patil, chairman of the IMA’s hospital board of India, said though the number of Covid cases was going down, critical patients were a worry. “That number is the last to be reduced and it needs to be worked upon. Now that the number of patients is going down, small and medium-sized hospitals can see a breather,” he said.
According to the district health office data, Pune had 21,856 hospitalised active cases and 43,227 people were in home isolation on Wednesday.
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