17 crematoriums identified for bodies of COVID patients
Updated:
Updated:
In-charges appointed to prevent fleecing by middlemen
Share Article
In-charges appointed to prevent fleecing by middlemen
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has identified 17 burial grounds and crematoriums in various zones for the performing the final rituals of COVID-19 patients.
The move would ease the pressure on the crematorium at Gnanapuram, the officials said.
The GVMC officials have attached burial grounds to various COVID-19 hospitals. The final rites of the COVID patients dying at the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) and Pineapple Colony COVID Care Centre will be performed at the Krishnapuram burial ground. Similarly, the bodies of the patients from the King George Hospital (KGH) and 12 other hospitals in the city limites will be sent to the crematorium at Gnanapuram.
Add 200 beds at VIMS, Health Minister tells Director
Updated:
Updated:
‘An additional 5 KL oxygen should be supplied to the hospital’
Share Article
‘An additional 5 KL oxygen should be supplied to the hospital’
Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas (Alla Nani) directed the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) Director K. Rambabu to initiate measures to increase the bed strength by an additional 200 at the VIMS.
The Health Minister reviewed the medical facilities, beds, oxygen supply, Remdesivir supply, food and sanitation at a meeting along with Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, Mayor Golagani Venkata Hari Kumari, Joint Collectors M. Venugopal Reddy and P. Arun Babu, APEPDCL CMD Nagalakshmi and medical officers here on Saturday.
Mayor lauds nurses for their service during pandemic
Updated:
Updated:
‘They are serving patients ignoring threat to their lives’
Share Article
AAA
Nurses staging a protest demanding regularisation of the services of contract nurses at the King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
| Photo Credit:
K.R. Deepak
‘They are serving patients ignoring threat to their lives’
The birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale was celebrated as International Nurses Day at various hospitals in the city on Wednesday.
Mayor Golagani Hari Venkata Kumari extended wishes to the nursing staff at the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS). She led the staff in applauding the nurses for extending yeoman services during the COVID-19 pandemic, ignoring the threat to their own lives. The Mayor cut a cake and distributed it among the nurses. She felicitated some nurses to mark the occasion.
Mini call centre opened at VIMS
Updated:
Updated:
Share Article
AAA
A mini call centre was inaugurated at the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) by its Director K. Rambabu on Tuesday.
The centre will facilitate passing of information to the family members of patients. On admission and allocation of bed, information would be sent to the family members of the patients on their mobile phones.
The family members can call the centre to know the status of the patient on a daily basis. A tele-consultation facility was also started at VIMS. The facility would enable senior doctors to monitor the condition of patients in the ICU through video and to extend timely medical aid to patients.