Covid surge post elections in Kerala has stressed health machinery with daily cases crossing the 7000-mark
“A large number of patients who had come to our hospital from today morning have been waiting in long queues. However, this has affected the Non-Covid wards in our hospital. Due to a shortage of vaccine, many had to return today. The situation could turn worse if we don’t get enough stocks of vaccines from the centre,” said the Chief Operating Officer of a leading private hospital in the city. Admissions to ICU and the number of patients requiring ventilator support have also increased over the past one week. “We had to compromise on non-Covid care due to the surge in Covid cases. I...