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Delhi doctors divided over reserving 80% ICU beds for COVID-19 patients
The Association of Healthcare Providers has challenged the order in the court, stating that more than half of the reserved ICU beds are lying vacant
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Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 05:16 PM IST
With the third Covid-19 wave now ebbing in the national capital, medical practitioners of private hospitals stand divided on the decision of the Delhi government to reserve 80 percent intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients.
In November, when the city was in the grip of the third wave of infection and faced grave shortage of ICU beds, 80 percent of such beds were reserved in 33 private hospitals for high-risk Covid-19 patients.
Updated Dec 14, 2020 | 12:00 IST
It requires to be understood that Covid could lead to heart injuries. It poses a serious threat to patients with existing heart issues. Doctors point towards young people developing heart issues after Covid recovery
Ahmedabad: Covid is now leading to heart problems in young people after recovery. Hospitals are seeing an increase in youngsters having cardiac problems, the most common being palpitations and in some cases as extreme as cardiac arrest or heart attack, doctors say.
It requires to be understood that Covid could lead to heart injuries. It poses a serious threat to patients with existing heart issues. Covid can trigger blood clot formation in the heart in serious cases and cause inflammation and scarring in others.
Coronavirus leading to cardiac issues in youngsters post recovery
Sun, Dec 13 2020 09:33:03 AM
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS): Recovery from Covid-19 may not be the end of the battle for people, including youngsters, who according to the public health experts are presenting cardiac symptoms post-recuperation from the deadly disease.
According to the doctors, hospitals are witnessing a rise in young people reporting cardiac issues post their recovery from the infection, the most common being the palpitations and in few cases as extreme as cardiac arrest or even heart attack.
Although lung injury and acute respiratory distress symptoms have been the most dreaded complications of Covid-19, it needs to be understood that the virus can also lead to heart injuries. It also poses a severe threat to patients with existing heart diseases.
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