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The RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences had around 350 patients at its OPD on Wednesday. The number fell to around 200 on Thursday. AMRI Hospitals Dhakuria, too, witnessed a drop in the OPD footfall by 50 per cent on Thursday, compared with Wednesday. “The OPD footfall had started picking up and almost became like it used to be during the pre-Covid period in February and March. Then we were having around 1,200 patients coming for consultations daily, including people from Bangladesh and various districts of Bengal. By April it started dipping because of the fresh surge in ...

A second private hospital in Calcutta has started administering Covid shots to people in the 18-44 age group as queries for vaccines flood other hospitals. Some hospitals said they were expecting to procure doses from the manufacturers in a few weeks, while others are uncertain about the dates. Most hospitals said their priorities were still second-dose recipients. Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals on Wednesday started the vaccination drive for those between 18 and 44 years, a day after Woodlands Hospital started it. Apollo has procured Covishield doses from the Serum Institute of India, said an of...

A number of doctors and nurses have contracted Covid despite being fully vaccinated against the disease, a trend that will only intensify the crisis in Covid management unless corrective measures are immediately taken. Public health experts and hospital officials said unless a pool of doctors from all fields is created, the crisis of medical personnel would be as severe as that of Covid beds. At all three hospitals of the AMRI group in Calcutta, about 70 healthcare personnel, including junior doctors and nurses, are down with Covid. At Peerless Hospital, at least four senior doctors, includin...

The state health department has decided to requisition Covid beds at private hospitals, which will be reserved for patients referred by the government. An order issued on Saturday said 1,387 beds at 24 private hospitals across the state would be taken over for the treatment of Covid patients. Most of the hospitals are in Calcutta and North 24-Parganas, the two worst-affected districts in the state. Some of the hospitals where beds have been requisitioned include Peerless Hospital, RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Fortis Hospital, CMRI, Belle Vue Clinic and Columbia Asia ...