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Only families with critically-ill Covid-19 patients know the pain of trying to find an intensive care unit (ICU) bed at this point. ICU wards are chock-full all over the city, while critical patients have their clocks ticking.
Unless one is an inpatient already, getting an ICU bed at a public hospital at the eleventh hour is a pipe dream.
After talking to several such families outside the ICU at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, one thing that became clear is many doors needed to be knocked upon before an ICU seat could be managed.
At the 10-bed ICU at Kurmitola General Hospital, 30-32 patients from the wards vie for a bed every single day, according to doctors there.
Lockdown in Capital: More people, more chaos mark fifth day
Dr Syeeda Showkat, a physician at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, gets in a heated argument with a police personnel in the capital’s Elephant Road, over showing her ID. Photo: Amran Hossain
Despite an alarming surge in Covid-19 deaths, people continued to defy restrictions on movement as a higher number of people and vehicles were seen on the streets in Dhaka on the fifth day of the weeklong strict lockdown , enforced by the government from April 14 to contain the spread of the virus.
Meanwhile at a checkpost, an altercation took place between a doctor and police team on Elephant Road when the law enforcers asked for her identity card.
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Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 13 Apr 2021 02:22 AM BdST Updated: 13 Apr 2021 02:22 AM BdST No vacant bed is available in the COVID-19 isolation ward of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital. A notice over the matter hangs in front of the ward. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove Families take COVID-19 patients to Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday, Apr 10, 2021 amid a record surge in coronavirus cases. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Relatives carry the body of a coronavirus victim for burial at Rayerbazar Graveyard in Dhaka on Wednesday, Apr 7, 2021 amid a record surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi All beds in the COVID-19 isolation ward of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital are occupied by patients amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the country, Apr 07, 2021. Due to a spike in cases of coronavirus