Also, Subramanian inspected a 240-bedded facility set up at the ESI Medical College and directed the officials to ensure availability of adequate basic infrastructure for the patients.
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The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, Race Course and Neighbourhood Association, PSG Hospitals, and corporate companies in Coimbatore have come forward to appoint nurses on temporary basis at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and ESI Hospital here.
According to C. Balasubramanian, president of the Chamber, the plan is to appoint about 50 nurses for nearly three months at the two hospitals.
PSG Hospitals will provide food and accommodation to the nurses free of cost. They will be given transport, too, to the workplaces. With a surge in COVID-19 cases here, there is a need for more nurses and sanitary workers at the two hospitals. Since, appointment of nurses will have to be done by the government and that is a long process, the organisations came forward to select and recruit nurses on a temporary basis.
Coimbatore district on Wednesday reported 4,268 new cases of COVID-19, registering the highest number of cases in the State. Chennai stood at the second position with 3,561 cases. The total number of
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A textile mill here has converted one of its units to treat COVID-19 patients who are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday inaugurated virtually the Kavi COVID care centre, set up at Kadri Mills.
Sanjana Vijayakumar, president of Kadri Mills, said that the centre, with over 300 beds, will offer food, accommodation and medicines free of cost. Only those patients referred by the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital will be admitted and they will be treated by doctors and paramedics from VG Hospital. The patients can stay at the facility for about 14 days.
Coimbatore: The district recorded the highest ever number of fresh Covid cases 4,277 on Monday. The day also marked the first time the district recorded more than 4,000 cases, taking the total number of cases to 1,43,164. With 2,528 people getting discharged, the number of active cases touched 33,325. The total number of people cured stood at 1,08,791, dragging down the recovery rate to 75.99%.
The district also recorded 28 deaths due to the virus, taking the toll to 1,048. Of the 28 deaths, five of them or 17% of the victims, were in their 30s, and only one had co-morbidity diabetes. The victims included a 35-year-old man, who died eight days after hospitalization on Saturday, a 33-year-old man who died after four days of being given hospital care, a 38-year-old who died within 24 hours of hospitalization and a 33-year-old diabetic, who died within 24 hours of hospitalization.