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Aggressive testing being carried out in several districts of Telangana.
Total bed occupancy in government and private hospitals increased by three folds from March first week
The Telangana Health department is bracing up to admit more COVID-19 patients at government hospitals. State Health Minister Eatala Rajender has directed officials to make available five hospitals in Hyderabad to treat and quarantine COVID-19 patients in a week’s time.
The occupancy of regular beds, beds with oxygen supply, and beds in ICUs is increasing. The total bed occupancy in government and private hospitals has increased by three folds from March first week. From March 1 to 9, a maximum of 1,100 beds were occupied by COVID patients. It increased to over 3,500 in the past four days, clearly indicating rising demand for COVID-19 treatment. Most of the people are opting for private hospitals.
With no COVID-19 cases at Nizamia, patients seek resumption of non-COVID services
By Mohammed Hussain| Updated: 12th December 2020 5:03 pm IST Government Nizamia General Hospital in Hyderabad. Photos: Mohammed Hussain
Hyderabad: With no cases of COVID-19 being reported at the Nizamia Hospital, which functioned as a level-1 quarantine center since March, patients with different ailments are seeking non-COVID medical services to resume for their in-patient treatment. The hospital has remained vacant for more than four months now.
Popularly called the Unani Hospital or Charminar Dawakhana, Nizamia hospital is the only Unani hospital in the city that shut its regular services after the Ministry of AYUSH turned it into a level-1 quarantine center. Only eight others in the city, all of them state-run including Gandhi Hospital, TIMS, King Koti Hospital, Fever Hospital, Chest Hospital, Ayurveda Hospital, Nature Cure Hospital and Homeo Hospital were turned to specialized COVID