MCH caught between care for COVID patients and others
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Burden of infected persons not equally distributed among other govt. hospitals
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To address rush at the medical college hospital, non-COVID patients are now treated in the block being constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.
Burden of infected persons not equally distributed among other govt. hospitals
The authorities at the Government Medical College Hospital here are in a fix these days.
The hospital, one of the two government-designated facilities for COVID-19 treatment in the district, is gradually opening up for non-COVID treatment, and there is a drastic rise in the number of such patients. However, other government and private hospitals designated for the purpose are reluctant to admit infected persons with existing health problems, who do not have severe COVID-19 symptoms. First-line treatment centres (FLTCs), which were supposed to house asymptomatic as
Final report on shigella infection likely to be delayed
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Medical team awaiting more lab results, assessing range of infection
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Medical team awaiting more lab results, assessing range of infection The final investigation report on the shigella bacterial infection reported in Kozhikode Corporation, being prepared by the Community Medicine Department of the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, is likely to be delayed by a couple of days.
The medical team was expected to submit its report to the district administration on Wednesday. It is learnt that the medical team is awaiting some more lab results on the stool samples collected from the infected persons. They are also assessing the range of infection reported among local residents in Kottamparamba-Mundikkalthazham in Mayanad and adjacent areas. A 11-year-old boy had died, nine others had got infected and over 30 people had symptoms.
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As many as 605 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Kozhikode district on Wednesday.
The District Medical Officer said in a release that there were 580 locally acquired infections and the source of 15 others was not known. Kozhikode Corporation had 124 cases of local transmission, Koyilandy 29, Kuruvattoor 26, Chathamangalam 24, and Kunnamangalam 23.
A total of 5,504 samples were tested on the day. There were 640 recoveries and the active caseload from the district is 6,138.
Three deaths were reported at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, on Wednesday, and four people died on Tuesday.
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