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“We have planned to increase the beds in Kilpauk to 250 in two days. Omandurar Hospital will get 100 more beds,” said Suresh Krishn, President, CREDAI-Tamil Nadu. Credai is set to launch temporary oxygen bed facilities at government hospitals in Chennai on Monday.
At least 50 beds in Omandurar Hospital and 50 beds in Kilpauk Medical College hospital have been developed by CREDAI on Monday. The facilities have been developed using German technology.
“We have planned to increase the beds in Kilpauk to 250 in two days. Omandurar Hospital will get 100 more beds. Another 200 beds have been planned in Anna Nagar,” said Suresh Krishn, President, CREDAI-Tamil Nadu.
Samarpana takes steps to provide the ‘breath of life’
May 08, 2021 13:53 IST
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Samarpana, a not-for-profit guided by the goals of “uplifting marginalised and disadvantaged communities” and “promoting India’s classical arts”, is working towards augmenting oxygen supply in five government hospitals in Chennai. In a communication, Gayathri Suryanarayanan of Samarpana points out that the NGO is “in continuous contact with” the authorities at “Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, Stanley Medical College, Thiruvallur Medical College, Kilpauk Medical College Hospital, Omandurar hospital” .
Gayathri elaborates that in order to #helpchennaibreathe, Samarpana has started a fundraiser to “procure a minimum of 420 oxygen cylinders with regulators and trolleys; procure 240 oxygen concentrators; 500 oxygen masks, NRBM masks and nasal prongs. We have identified vendors and estimated a cost of ₹3 crore to proc
Work to add 2,900 oxygen points in Chennai nearing completion, says DME
With the rise in the number of patients requiring oxygen, the Health Department is adding over 6,000 oxygen beds in government medical college hospitals across the State.
In Chennai alone, 2,900 oxygen points are being added in the government COVID-19 hospitals.
R. Narayana Babu, Director of Medical Education, said the oxygen consumption was being reviewed on a daily basis.
“The number of patients requiring oxygen has increased. Earlier, 10% of patients required oxygen. This has increased to 30% now,” he said.
Work to add 2,900 oxygen points in Chennai was nearing completion. “Of this, Madras Medical College will have 550, Stanley Medical College Hospital will have 500, Government Corona Hospital in Guindy will have 250 and Kilpauk Medical College Hospital will have 100 points,” he said.
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CHENNAI: Multiple hospitals in Chennai are now witnessing a situation similar to what was seen in Delhi and Gujarat a week ago where patients couldn t access beds or proper oxygen supply.
Videos shared by city residents on social media showed lines of ambulances with Covid patients, queuing up in front of government hospitals for admission.
Similar incidents played out at Omandurar Government Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, and Stanley Government Hospital.
Many complained that they had to wait for up to two hours to get admitted to the hospital even as the oxgyen saturation of their kins were dipping to dangerous levels.
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Corporation-run facility can screen over 1,000 patients
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Tamil Nadu government and Chennai Corporation officials inspect the 24X7 Corona Screening Centre set up at Kendriya Vidyalaya campus in Pallavan Salai, Chennai. Photo: Twitter/@chennaicorp
Corporation-run facility can screen over 1,000 patients The Greater Chennai Corporation launched a triaging centre for COVID-19 patients at the Island Grounds on Saturday.
This is the largest triaging centre in the city, screening at least 1,000 patients before they are sent to tertiary care hospitals, COVID care centres or home isolation.
Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash said, “This facility will ease the pressure on the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and the Government Stanley Hospital. Mild, moderate and asymptomatic cases need not crowd hospitals. We are mulling over setting up one more centre.”