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Private hospitals see drop in demand for regular beds Updated: Updated: But there are a large number of patients who need oxygenated beds Share Article But there are a large number of patients who need oxygenated beds Over the last week, many private hospitals have recorded a drop in demand for regular beds. H. M. Prasanna, President, Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes’ Association (PHANA), who confirmed this trend, said the number of patients needing general beds has reduced. However, demand for oxygenated beds, which includes high dependency units and ICU beds with ventilators, continues to remain high. One of the reasons is that by the time patients are hospitalised, they need to be immediately given oxygen, said Mr. Prasanna. ....
updated: May 10 2021, 08:13 ist For 38-year-old Vishwanath (name changed), an autorickshaw driver in the city, surviving Covid-19 should have been cause for celebration. But even before he was discharged, he started to feel an unusual pain in his face and a swelling of his eye. Doctors now say that he has developed a life-threatening fungal infection called mucormycosis (black fungus) which, if untreated, results in blindness followed by death. Diabetics at risk Similar infections had been reported during the first wave last year, But for two weeks now, such cases are being found in larger numbers among Covid-19 survivors with uncontrolled diabetes, they added. ....
If people not careful, government not prepared, Karnataka will be hit by waves of pandemic: Experts We are not done yet as experts are issuing warnings about a third wave, likely to be deadlier than the second. It appears that there is no end to the suffering. Share Via Email | A+A A- Family members of a person who succumbed to Covid wait to perform the last rites at Giddenahalli in Tavarekere, Bengaluru, on Saturday. (Photo | Vinod Kumar T/EPS) Express News Service BENGALURU: In one year and sixty days from March 8, 2020, when Karnataka’s first Covid case was registered, over 18 lakh cases have been reported across the state. Countrywide, the figure stands at 2,18,92,676 (almost 2.19 crore). ....
Updated: 592 patients succumb to the disease in the last 24 hours Share Article AAA Another casualty: The body of a COVID-19 victim being shifted to a crematorium in Bengaluru on Friday.
592 patients succumb to the disease in the last 24 hours Karnataka on Friday logged the biggest single day spike in COVID-19 fatalities with 592 patients succumbing to the disease. Of these, 346 are from Bengaluru Urban alone. Of the 592 deaths, 58 died at home and 12 were declared brought dead at hospitals. The number of deaths have been on a steep rise since April 23. From 190 deaths on April 23, the toll increased to 217 on April 30 and 270 on May 1. Subsequently, 292 deaths were reported on May 4, 346 on May 5 and 328 on May 6. The number nearly doubled on May 7 with 592 deaths. ....