Ranchi: Prominent Covid-19 hospitals in Ranchi on Tuesday said they have stocked up enough oxygen to last 72 hours. On Monday night, the state department of health, medical education and family welfare asked all hospitals in the state to stock up liquid medical oxygen and ensure that they have alternate sources of power to keep their medical equipment functional.
The department’s directive was issued keeping in mind the cyclonic storm Yaas, which is due to make landfall in Odisha on Wednesday and head inland towards south Jharkhand the same day.
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), which currently has the capacity to treat 1,108 Covid-19 patients indoors, said it has stocked up 800 Jumbo D-type oxygen cylinders. “We have also procured two oxygen cylinder tanks and kept them on standby. Our own PSA Oxygen plant is fully functional and two of its tanks are full,” Dr Rakesh Ranjan, the chief medical officer of Rims, told TOI. After Covid-19 cases began declining, Rim
Ranchi: The state health department on Monday named the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) as the nodal centre for the treatment and management of the mucormycosis (black fungus) disease.
A letter in this regard was issued by additional chief secretary (health) Arun Kumar Singh, directing the authorities at the state-run hospital to constitute a technical expert group (TEG) so that Rims can function as a centre of excellence for effective management of the fungal disease.
“The fact that many recovered patients of Covid-19 stand the risk of contracting the disease and even losing their lives necessitates the setting up of the best healthcare system to tackle the disease. In order to provide the best treatment to such patients we have decided to start a dedicated ward for mucormycosis patients which will be managed by a team of expert doctors,” Singh said. He added, “As a heavy dose of medications is required for each and every black fungus patient on a daily basis
Ranchi: The Ranchi Catholic Church on Tuesday started a free lunch service for relatives of patients hospitalised at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims).
On the inaugural day, around 350 persons were served packed lunch, which comprises rice, dal, chicken curry and vegetables along with bottles of mineral water.
Speaking on the occasion, Ranchi archbishop Felix Toppo said, God has been good to us and this goodness needs to be shared with the less fortunate, especially at this difficult moment.
Bishop of Ranchi, Theodore Mascarenhas, stressed that the church will continue to work for the poor and help the needy as long as possible.
Chief minister Hemant Soren at the launch of Sanjivani Vahan, in Ranchi on Tuesday
RANCHI: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday inaugurated the Sanjivani Vahan service in Ranchi to provide oxygen cylinders to the city’s private hospitals for Covid patients in case of emergencies.
Flagging off three trucks at his Kanke Road residence, Soren said, “The trucks will be loaded with jumbo oxygen cylinders and will be ready to move at a moment’s notice. In case a hospital runs out of oxygen supplies, the trucks will replenish their stock.”
The Ranchi district administration has been mandated by the National Health Mission’s Jharkhand chapter to keep 150 modified jumbo industrial oxygen cylinders at all times for the service. As many as 100 of the total cylinders will be stocked at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) and the remaining 50 will be kept at the Risaldar Baba Urban Community Health Center in Doranda.