More than one COVID-19 patient seen sharing bed in Nagpur hospital
ANI / Updated: Apr 5, 2021, 08:19 IST
Covid-19 patient was seen sharing beds at
Nagpur s GMC Hospital.
When asked about the video that is circulating on the Internet, Dr Avinash V Gawande, Medical Superintendent said: This does not happen here but if it has then because patients come not just from urban and rural districts here, but also from Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Explaining further he said, .we can not keep patients waiting, it will affect their oxygen level. It happens when there is a rush but it is not a routine thing. They have to wait for 15 minutes to half an hour, because we first provide them with oxygen then they are shifted to hospital wards.
Amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the Maharashtra government warning about a second wave in the state and listed out several lapses in the state s management of the coronavirus pandemic.
Maharashtra reported 15,051 new coronavirus cases on March 15, 2021. People swarm Dadar Market in Mumbai on March 15, 2021 | Photo Credit: ANI
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