TN Govt Hospital Successfully Treats Covid-19 Patients with Over 70% Lung Involvement
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Three COVID-19 patients, two of them with lung involvement between 75 and 95 per cent, were discharged after succesful treatment in a government facility here, a top Health department official said here on Thursday. The treatment of the two men and a 68-year old woman at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) and their recovery and discharge was significant and a success story, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said. The men, aged 37 and 45, had 75 and 95 per cent lung involvement (infection of the lungs) respectively, he said. The younger of the men was in the Intensive Care Unit for 45 days and later shifted to a ward and put on oxygen support for more 45 days, following which he has recovered.
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Six more returnees from country tested positive, taking number of primary cases to 19
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Some 2,300 persons returned to the State from the U.K. between November 25 and December 21.
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Six more returnees from country tested positive, taking number of primary cases to 19
The sample of one U.K. returnee, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and is under isolation at a hospital, has been found to be positive for the new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, reported from U.K., Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said.
The patient, a resident of Chennai, is among six U.K. returnees whose samples were found to be positive for the new U.K. variant genome, following genomic analysis in the country.
Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan. File
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A resident of Chennai, the patient is among the six U.K. returnees whose samples tested positive for the new variant following genomic analysis. The sample of a U.K. returnee to Tamil Nadu, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was isolating in a hospital, was found to contain the new variant of coronavirus, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said on December 29.
A resident of Chennai, the patient is among the six U.K. returnees whose samples tested positive for the new variant following genomic analysis.
“He was quarantined immediately on arrival. He was isolated in a separate room in the hospital soon after he tested positive for COVID-19 and all his contacts were also tested. Those who travelled with him on the flight were tested and found to be negative. He is doing well,” Mr. Radhakrishnan told reporters following an inspection at the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital.
Tamil Nadu reports less than 1,000 fresh Covid-19 cases after seven months
The State reported 957 cases and 12 deaths on the day taking the tally to 8,16,132 and the toll to 12,092.
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Disinfectants been sprayed at the COVID care center at Kamarajar avenue in Adyar, Chennai. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS) By Express News Service
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has reported less than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday after seven months.
The State reported 957 cases and 12 deaths on the day taking the tally to 8,16,132 and the toll to 12,092.
The last time Tamil Nadu reported less than 1,000 new cases was on May 30 when 938 cases were registered. On May 30, 12,605 samples were tested in the State giving a test positivity rate for the day of 7.4%.
Separate wards in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in view of virus’ new variant
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120-bed facility, including a 50-bed ICU, to be set up
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120-bed facility, including a 50-bed ICU, to be set up
In view of the new variant of the virus identified in the U.K., exclusive wards will be established at all government medical college hospitals in the State, Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar said.
Till date, 13 U.K. returnees and 12 of their contacts have tested positive for the infection in the State. A 120-bed exclusive ward, which includes a 50-bed Intensive Care Unit, has been set up at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in the wake of the new COVID-19 strain identified in the U.K. A dedicated team of doctors and staff nurses will work at the ward.