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All the 940 beds with oxygen facility are occupied by positive patients, mostly from nearby districts
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All the 940 beds with oxygen facility are occupied by positive patients, mostly from nearby districts
With the COVID-19 positive patients being diverted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) from all southern districts, the district administration and the doctors, postgraduate medical students and the nurses are under extreme pressure to find them beds and getting oxygen for most of these extremely critical patients to save them.
As the number of positive patients getting reported in this region crosses 2,000 everyday, there is a need to create more beds in hospitals, particularly in government medical college hospitals. The first choice of most of the patients is the government medical college hospitals where they can avail free but quality treatment even as the private hospitals are charging in lakhs for treatment.
‘Panchayat-level teams monitor entry of people from other districts’
TIRUNELVELI Barring fuel stations, pharmacies, grocery, vegetable and tea hops and restaurants, all shops remained closed on Monday as the two-week-long lockdown commenced.
However, people could be seen moving around unnecessarily in their vehicles. The police personnel deployed at important junctions intercepted the vehicles and inquired about the necessity of their travel. Several persons were booked for violating lockdown norms.
Collector V. Vishnu said 11 surveillance teams in Corporation area and seven teams in taluks had been deployed to monitor violators.
“Pharmacies should not issue tablets for cold or fever without proper prescription by the qualified physician. Names and complete addresses of those who come to pharmacies for buying tablets for cold or fever with prescription should be registered. If not, action will be taken against pharmacies,” Mr. Vishnu warned.
Former Dean dies
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Ganapathy Sakthinathan, 44, formerly Dean, Anna University, Tirunelveli Regional Office, and Associate Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, who rejuvenated major irrigation tanks in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi districts through his work, succumbed to COVID-19 on Monday afternoon. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.
After being under treatment in two private hospitals in Palayamkottai for over a week, Sakthinathan was shifted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) on Monday morning and died around 2.45 p.m. His body was cremated in Sindhupoondurai gasifier in the night.
The contribution of Sakthinathan, known as ‘Farmers’ Friend’, is laudable. During his tenure as Dean, Anna University’s Tirunelveli Regional Office, and even after being shifted to his parent department after the end of his tenure, Sakthinathan and his team revived the supply ch
State reports 26,465 cases, 197 deaths
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May 07, 2021 23:55 IST
Chennai and three neighbouring districts account for 42% of the fresh cases and 93 of the deaths
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Chennai and three neighbouring districts account for 42% of the fresh cases and 93 of the deaths
Tamil Nadu’s daily count of COVID-19 cases surged past 26,000 on Friday. A total of 26,465 people tested positive and 197 persons, including a 17-year-old boy, died, taking the overall case tally to 13,23,965 and toll to 15,171.
Chennai, along with the neighbouring districts of Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram, accounted for 42% of the fresh cases. A total of 93 of the 197 deaths were reported from these four districts.
Triaging point set up near TVMCH
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Collector V. Vishnu at the triaging point set up at Gandhimathi School near Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SHAIKMOHIDEEN A
This will ensure early and right treatment to COVID-19 patients
District Collector V. Vishnu has created a triaging point at Gandhimathi School near Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital to screen and segregate COVID-19 patients based on their health condition on arrival. “If patients arriving here are asymptomatic and stable, they will be given COVID-19 kit having vitamin tablets, zinc tablets and kabasura kudineer packets and sent for home quarantine. If they have mild symptoms, they will be taken in vehicles stationed here to the COVID Care Centres being manned by team of qualified doctors and nurses. If they are in need of oxygen, then they will be admitted to the Tirunelveli Me