40K portable oxygen units, covid care centres at each constituency
40K portable oxygen units, covid care centres at each constituency
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
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The rising covid cases have spurred the State Government into action. The plan is to procure 40,000 portable oxygen units and to set up two covid care centres in each constituency in
Bengaluru.
Justifying the need for strict restrictions, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that the number of cases had reduced to 3,000 per day in Mumbai after
curfew was imposed. “Curfew will reduce the spreading of infection. This is why our government has also decided to impose curfew. People should be careful and avoid unnecessary movement. Asymptomatic people should not step out and spread the infection,” said the Minister, adding that there was no question of hiding the Covid facts and figures.
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An elederly woman receiving COVID19 vaccine dose, at K C General Hospital , in Bengaluru on April 28, 2021. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K
There isn’t yet a transparent system to track available COVID-19 beds in private hospitals
Prabhu Prasad (name changed), 41, tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Since then, he and his wife, who also tested positive, had been isolating themselves at home.
On Wednesday morning, when Mr. Prasad’s oxygen saturation levels were dropping, he contacted the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) control room seeking a bed in a hospital. After several calls, he was sent an ambulance and asked to go to a private hospital in south Bengaluru.
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A family member performs the last rites of a Covid victim at a crematorium in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: As many as 102 of the 1,437 Covid-19 patients who died between April 17 and 26 in Karnataka either passed away in their homes or were brought dead to hospitals.
While 75 patients died at home, 27 were pronounced dead on arrival in hospitals as per the daily bulletin issued by the health and family welfare department. This means at least 10 Covid-19 patients have died every day in the 10-day period without availing medical help.
Most of these fatalities were recorded in Bengaluru. Lack of beds, a long wait for test results and Bengaluru Urban numbers to secure admission in hospitals and ignoring symptoms until the last minute are some reasons for this grave situation. Health department officials also point to the absence of effective monitoring of people in home isolation.
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