While two tanks of similar size are already in use in the hospital, the new one especially for Covid care will be put to use after trial rounds
Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation has installed a 20,000 litre oxygen tank at Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER) to take care of rising number of Covid-19 patients. The new infrastructure expansion of a third such tank in the hospital premises is expected to start functioning after trial runs are conducted in the next few days.
At present, two tanks of 20,000 litre and 10,000 litre are already in use at the civic body’s hospital. These tanks are storing and supplying 26 tonnes oxygen daily to Covid-19 patients admitted in the hospital. The third tank has been set up to supply oxygen in SMIMER Plus hospital which has been developed in multi-level parking of the hospital developed in 2020 for treatment of Covid.
Surat: A day after the administration at NCH demanded additional staff for the hospital, around 400 residents doctors of the New Civil Hospital (NCH) on Wednesday evening declared going on a strike from Thursday onwards protesting severe work pressure and demanding additional staff. NCH is the largest Covid-19 hospital in south Gujarat.
The doctors have been complaining of work pressure for the past few weeks. At present over 800 Covid-19 patients are admitted to Covid-19 hospital in NCH.
“We are taking care of the Covid patients round the clock and there is huge pressure on each doctor. It is needed that more doctors and other staff are recruited immediately so that the patients can be provided treatment and care properly,” said a resident doctor at NCH.
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The results are in line with a September analysis by the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar that recorded SAR in houses with a primary infected person at 8.8% in rural Gandhinagar, in North Gujarat. Covid infection in Patan from primary contacts lower than Gandhinagar in Gujarat | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Ahmedabad: The secondary attack rate of Covid at households in the Patan district was at 5%, according to an analysis, the results of which had been published in the National Journal of Community Medicine in October.
The results are in line with a September analysis by the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar that recorded SAR in houses with a primary infected person at 8.8% in rural Gandhinagar, in north Gujarat. SAR is a mark of the chances of spread from a primary source of infection to other specific groups, say within a house, close and professional contacts, etc.