Over 1,200 houses marked home quarantine in Erode district
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So far over 4 lakh persons had undergone RT-PCR tests, says Collector
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So far over 4 lakh persons had undergone RT-PCR tests, says Collector With over 1,200 active COVID-19 cases reported in the district as of Monday, a total of 49 containment zones were earmarked in which 5,616 persons in 1,234 houses are under home quarantine.
Collector C. Kathiravan said that a total of 17,163 cases were reported in the district so far of which 15,785 persons were discharged while 1,226 are active cases. Of the total active cases, 285 persons were undergoing treatment at the hospitals, while 615 are in home isolation and the rest were at the COVID-19 care centres established in colleges across the district. He said that so far 4,71,292 persons had undergone RT-PCR tests while 1,03,983 persons were vaccinated.
A total of 2,700 beds are kept ready to treat patients at the COVID-19 care centres in the district apart from the existing 684 beds at the government hospitals, District Collector C. Kathiravan has s
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Sufficient vaccination is available, says Kathiravan A total of 2,000 beds are kept ready to treat COVID-19 patients in the district apart from the existing 550 beds at the Government Erode Medical College and Hospital at Perundurai, said District Collector C. Kathiravan while chairing a meeting on COVID-19 control measures with officials here on Monday.
He said that patients are currently being treated at the government medical college and hospital at Perundurai while 2,000 additional beds are available at government and private hospitals in the district. Also, four screening centres, District Headquarters Hospital Perundurai Medical College and Hospital, Erode Corporation Marriage Hall and Gobi Arts and Science College, were established while two more centres would be established at Bhavani and Modakkurichi. Persons, who were tested positive, will be screened at these centres and based on their health condition, a decision on sending them to the hospitals or allowing them to be
Erode: The fee structure for various courses at the IRT-Perundurai Medical College was revised on par with the government medical colleges. The name of college was also changed as the Government Erode Medical College and Hospital (GEMCH), as per an order issued by the state health secretary office on Saturday.
The move comes after repeated protests and representations from students and parents.
In 1986, the state government handed over 344.36 acres of land in Perundurai to the Institute of Road Transport (IRT) for setting up a medical college. The college received Centre’s nod and started admitting 100 students from 2017.
In September 2017, as the financial position of the state transport undertakings was weak, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that the government will rename the hospital as the Erode Government Medical College and Hospital.