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May 12, 2021 23:08 IST
They discharged her a day after she was admitted, she succumbed at home two days later
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They discharged her a day after she was admitted, she succumbed at home two days later
The J.B. Nagar police have registered an FIR against six employees, including the duty doctor and patient coordinator of Manipal Hospital, for negligence, which led to the death of a COVID-19 patient.
In his complaint to the police, nodal officer and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Executive Engineer Ravindra Kumar stated that a patient was referred to the hospital by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on April 29. “She was brought in an ambulance and admitted to the emergency ward. After providing treatment, the hospital discharged the patient the next day,” Mr. Kumar stated.
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Bengaluru: Shahulla Khan ensured dignified last rites for people in Bengaluru when the first Covid wave struck last year. The 45-year-old funeral service worker helped people out in the time of crisis. But early Thursday, after waiting for an oxygen bed for days, he couldn’t find the help that he so needed, and succumbed to Covid-19 himself.
Find help at triage centre
Find help at triage centre
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: May 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
Those who haven’t been able to reach out to
war rooms can walk to any of the city’s 28 centres for medical aid
Any covid-19
patients, who are struggling to get a hospital bed, can now walk into one of the 28 triage centres set up by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) in each assembly constituencies. The physical triaging facility is expected to help many patients, who have not been able to reach out to the zonal war rooms.
So far, only the doctors deployed at the war rooms have been referring patients to hospitals under the government quota.
Doctors will assess the condition of COVID-19 patients
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Tuesday issued guidelines for the running and management of triage centres, which will be set up in all Assembly constituencies in Bengaluru as well as in COVID-19 Care Centres (CCCs).
Each triage centre will have a team of doctors 24/7 working in three shifts. They will assess the condition of patients and decide whether they should be admitted to a CCC or referred to a higher medical facility, said the BBMP in a statement. The triage centres shall be a walk-in facility.
“There shall be sufficient number of ambulances in the triage centre and also at the CCCs to shift patients in case of an emergency. Each centre shall be attached to an exclusive referral hospital, medical college or private hospital,” said the statement.
Every bed matters
IAS,
IPS officers asked to look at each and every hospital, no matter how small, to create 4,000 additional beds
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) will utilise all the facilities available to increase bed capacity, including 30-bed hospitals, which were not under the purview of the government till now.
IAS and
IPS officers, in their respective zones, will monitor bed allotment in private hospitals. If hospitals fail to comply, these officers have been authorised to register an
FIR against such hospitals.
This was announced by Gaurav Gupta, BBMP Chief Commissioner, at a meeting chaired by State Home Minister