Hyderabad COVID Patients Go Hospital Hopping For Ventilator Beds Apr 24, 2021, 13:13 IST
As a result of a spike in the Covid infections and active cases in districts under GHMC limits, getting a hospital bed with oxygen or ventilator support has become a tough task for patients and their relatives. Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) Gachibowli, is the only government hospital that still has ventilator and oxygen beds for patients with moderate and severe Coronavirus infections.
However, with the continuous surge in cases, the beds in TIMS are expected to be filled within a week. All the 619 ventilator beds at the Gandhi Hospital are filled while there are at least another 300 vacant oxygen beds.
Virus toll much higher than bulletins suggest
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Want true picture to come out so that people can be more alert, say doctors
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Family members and relatives of COVID-deceased persons gathered outside the crematorium in Amberpet, Hyderabad, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G
Want true picture to come out so that people can be more alert, say doctors
The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in the State are higher than the figures mentioned in the media bulletin issued by the Health department, according to an increasing number of doctors in government hospitals.
The doctors, who have been making the claim for the past few weeks, opine that presenting the true picture of the pandemic’s extent will further alert people and prompt them to take precautions. Multiple sources said the number of daily deaths at Gandhi Hospital, which has been turned into an exclusive COVID care facility again this year, alone are higher than the total fatalities
Prosecution orders to 23 hospitals
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Violation of safety measures
Violation of safety measures Telangana State Disaster Response & Fire Services Department revealed on Saturday that it had issued prosecution orders to 23 hospitals for violation of fire safety measures in the twin cities and rest of the State.
Regional Fire Officer - Central Zone V.Papaiah said the prosecution proceedings were issued to 18 of them and five of them were found to be ‘repeat offenders’ as was noticed during surprise inspections in recent times. The information comes in the wake of the latest fire in COVID hospital at Virar in Maharastra where 15 persons were killed.
No ICU Beds At Gandhi Hospital Hyderabad As Influx of Critical COVID Cases Rise Apr 23, 2021, 13:33 IST
Gandhi Hospital running out of ICU Beds
Health Minister asks hospitals not to refer all the critical patients to Gandhi Hospital
Gandhi Hospital has approximately 1,100 beds with oxygen and ventilators, making it the first hospital in Telangana to have over 600 patients on ventilator support
Hyderabad: The influx of Covid patients in critical condition has been so high that all 619 ICU/ventilator beds at Gandhi Hospital have been filled in just a few days, with just a few remaining at Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), Gachibowli.
Hyderabad hospitals stare at oxygen shortage DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Apr 23, 2021, 11:16 am IST
Oxygen supply falls short by 120 tonnes, Etala blames Centre
The situation was dire enough to prompt health minister Etala Rajendar to squarely hold the Central government responsible for the emerging crisis saying that the Centre was controlling oxygen supplies to states. Representational image/DC
Hyderabad: Hyderabad city and the rest of Telangana are facing a serious crisis of oxygen supply in hospitals with doctors in different hospitals admitting that they fear running out of supplies as the hospitals are increasingly witnessing a steady stream of Covid-19 patients requiring to be put on supplementary oxygen.