Pune Municipal Corporation plans to resume OPD services at its hospitals

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation is planning to start general OPD and other medical services at its four hospitals following a drop in Covid-19 cases.
Officials said that the general OPD facility is likely to be started at Dalvi hospital in Shivajingar area, Khedekar hospital in Bopodi, Laigude hospital on Sinhagad Road and Sonawane hospital in Bhavani Peth by next week.
The preliminary planning for providing required staff and medical officers at these hospitals has started.
The number of patients admitted for Covid treatment has reduced at the PMC-run hospitals.
Citing an improvement in the situation, local corporators have demanded that the administration start other medical services at the hospitals. Officials, however, said that a plan has been kept ready for re-utilisation of hospitals for treatment of Covid patients in case of a surge in cases. “We have a plan in place to tackle a possible third wave of infection. The hospitals will be pressed into service for Covid-19 treatment in a phased manner,” officials said.
The PMC has also set up a dedicated wing for Covid positive children at one of the hospitals in Yerawada. A senior official said, “The next two weeks are crucial. We will be monitoring surge in cases post-festive season.”