Govt hospital gets ECMO machine, oxygen generator

Coimbatore: The district recorded 407 fresh cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of cases to 2,22,632.
With 298 people getting discharged, the number of active cases fell to 3,301. The total number of people discharged stood at 2,17,250, leaving the recovery rate at 97.5%. With five deaths being recorded, the toll went up to 2,081.
The day also saw food minister K Sakkarapani along with collector G S Sameeran inspect the paediatric Covid-19 ward at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.
He also inaugurated an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine worth Rs 30 lakh and a 400-litre oxygen generator worth Rs 75 lakh at the CMCH.
This generator would be able to provide oxygen to all people who come in with breathing difficulties to the emergency ward.
Sakkarapani noted that the paediatric Covid-19 ward has 30 intensive care unit beds, 100 beds with oxygen and 370 ordinary beds for children.
ESI Hospital also has 100 intensive care unit beds, 70 oxygen beds and 170 ordinary beds. The minister also inaugurated the Covid sequalae clinic in CMCH and vaccination programme for pregnant women. The hospital said they have already vaccinated 130 lactating women.
The Covid sequelae clinic is equipped with a doctor, counsellor, physiotherapist and a staff member. Functioning from 7.30am to noon, its open to people who suffer post Covid-19 recovery complications like high blood sugar levels, blood pressure, breathing difficulty, lack of appetite, loss of sense of smell and taste, loss of weight and side effects of steroids.