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The sight of plastic-wrapped bodies in plain view is leaving patients and their attendants horrified
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In one of the photos, which is in the possession of The Hindu, at least five bodies wrapped in blue and black plastic are kept on a row of beds at the end of a corridor at the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
The sight of plastic-wrapped bodies in plain view is leaving patients and their attendants horrified
Wrapped in plastic bags and piled on gurneys, the skin-crawling sight of bodies of COVID-19 victims lying in the corridors of the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) has been leaving patients and their attendants horrified.
Dead on display in TIMS corridors
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The sight of plastic-wrapped bodies in plain view is leaving patients and their attendants horrified
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The sight of plastic-wrapped bodies in plain view is leaving patients and their attendants horrified
Wrapped in plastic bags and piled on gurneys, the skin-crawling sight of bodies of COVID-19 victims lying in the corridors of the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) has been leaving patients and their attendants horrified.
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the already-burdened healthcare system to its brink and the gaps in management are not going unnoticed.
‘More resources needed to handle high death burden’
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Freezer boxes to be allocated to TIMS, say senior officials
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Freezer boxes to be allocated to TIMS, say senior officials
Delay in handing over the bodies of COVID-19 victims to their family members and space crunch in the mortuary are the two major reasons behind the corridors-of-death scene at the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), suggest sources.
“If a patient dies at night, the attendants cannot reach the hospital immediately due to night curfew and lack of transport options, especially if they are in a faraway district. In some cases, we have observed that the health staff advises the attendants to put up in the city limits as the patient undergoes treatment,” explain sources.
Telangana scrambles to get its hospitals fixed
In the past one month, the State government has issued a slew of tenders to give the stretched hospitals an upgrade.
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While these new additions will prove a shot in the arm for the ailing government hospitals in Telangana, it is to be seen as to how long it takes for them to materialise into reality.
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HYDERABAD: As the ongoing medical crisis caused by the pandemic has exposed various chinks in the public health infrastructure, the Telangana State Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation has, in the past one month, issued a slew of tenders calling for the addition of new treatment facilities, medical equipment, buildings and renovations in the government hospitals across the State.