RIMS adds 528 beds to double capacity in face of harsh pandemic 128 oxygen supported beds set up at multi-level parking, rest elswhere on campus
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), the largest state hospital, added 528 beds on Thursday to double its capacity, something chief minister said was a result of the state governmen s efforts to ramp up the health infrastructure in the face of a deadly pandemic.
Of the 528 new beds, 327 are oxygen supported that have been set up at the multi-level parking on RIMS campus. This apart, another 128 oxygen supported beds have been set up at the old building while 73 ICU beds have been put up at the oncology department. The new facilities were set up with the support of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), said officials.
Study finds one-third of COVID-19 patients experience neurological symptoms
The research on the short and long-term effects of COVID-19 disease is ongoing. Still, scientists have found severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) affects the brain causing loss of smell and taste, dizziness, muscle pain, fatigue, and other cognitive impairments. However, it remained unknown why certain people developed neurological symptoms while others did not.
Kameshwar Prasad of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in India and an international team of researchers conducted the most extensive systemic review and meta-analysis of past COVID-19 cases involving any type of neurological complications.
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State hospitals told to reserve 70% beds for Covid patients Health department has also directed that treatment be given to all presumptive cases
The health department has asked all the government-run hospitals to reserve 70 per cent beds for Covid patients and also expressed the need to ensure similar reservations in private healthcare facilities owing to the unprecedented rise in Covid-19 cases across the state.
In a letter addressed to all the Deputy Commissioner, Civil Surgeons, private hospitals and the director of Ranchi-based Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), the health department stated that the various healthcare facilities in Jharkhand need to increase the number of dedicated beds for Covid patients in order to deal with the rapidly rising cases of Coronavirus infection in the state.
Ranchi/Sindri: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday said the state health department has been directed to add at least 50 general beds in all gove.
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RANCHI: In view of a shortage of oxygen cylinders in the state, police are now planning to handover seized oxygen cylinders to the district administration after permission from the courts.
Additional director general (ADG) and chief spokesman of state police R K Mallick said SPs and the SSPs have been asked to move courts for release of the seized oxygen cylinders lying at police stations.
He said, “The cylinders, seized during various operations, would be handed over to the deputy commissioners who in turn will decide how to distribute them among patients.”
Sources said over 200 oxygen cylinders are stocked in police stations across the state.