NAGPUR: April has been the worst month for Vidarbha during the Covid-19 pandemic so far. The month has seen highest-ever 5,500+ deaths due to the novel coronavirus in 30 days.
The death analysis of 1,225 deceased reported in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur, which is central India’s biggest and advanced tertiary care centre, brings many new facts to fore about the second wave of the infection in the region.
Of the 1,225 fatalities reported from April 1 to 28 at GMCH, 238 patients were brought dead, which means near 19% deaths had happened before coming to the hospital.
Secondly, 128 patients died in casualty while awaiting bed in wards. Which means, near 10.45% patients reached hospital in critical condition and could not get bed/ward and succumbed to the infection.
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday administered the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu. Sinha received his first shot as the country s vaccination campaign has been widened to include people above 60, and those who are 45 or more and suffering from certain medical conditions.
L-G urged all the eligible people to come forward and get the vaccine dose. I have taken the vaccine today. It was a smooth process. I urge all the eligible people to come forward and get the vaccine dose. The vaccines are safe and I congratulate all the scientists for producing the vaccine, Sinha told ANI.
BHANDARA: Ten premature babies died three to four of them charred after a fire broke out in the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the District General Hospital here, about 60km from Nagpur, between 1.30am and 2am on Saturday. The victims included eight girls and two boys. Seven premature babies, all girls, were rescued.
All the babies were yet to be named as they had been in special care since birth. Authorities knew names of the mothers of nine out of 10 victims. One name is missing as the child had been abandoned at birth. The rescued babies, including twin girls, were shifted to other units of the hospital. The victims were all in the ‘outborn’ section of the hospital, where those born in other hospitals but in need of special care are admitted.