Odisha so as to add 438 important care beds for Covid sufferers
2 min read By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: With Covid amenities throughout the State operating out of beds, the federal government has determined so as to add 438 important care beds together with 70 excessive dependency models (HDU) at eight devoted Covid hospitals on the earliest.
The ICU and HDU beds will come up at Sundargarh Medical College, Vikash Multispeciality Hospital at Bargarh, Ispat General Hospital at Rourkela, Bandhabahal Hospital at Jharsuguda, Covid Centre at Kalahandi Engineering College, Hitech Hospital and KIMS Hospital at Bhubaneswar and SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack.
Sources stated, round 80 per cent (laptop) of the three,049 ICU/HDU beds have been occupied whereas a lot of the Covid hospitals in Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Nayagarh, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Jharsuguda, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Balangir are operating with 100 per cent ICU occupancy. Of the 975 ventilator-equipped beds within the State, 608 are occupied.
Additional Chief Secretary of Health PK Mohapatra stated there aren’t any points with normal beds at hospitals and beds with oxygen provide at Covid care centres (CCCs) and Covid care houses (CCHs). “We have set up 93,851 beds, including 3,049 in ICUs, 975 with ventilators and 28,647 at CCCs/CCHs. Of the 94,297 active cases, 14,170 patients are now under treatment in hospitals and CCCs with 53 pc in general beds, 80 pc in ICUs and 62 pc on ventilators. We will increase the ICU bed strength in a week,” he stated.
The authorities has additionally determined to cease plasma remedy on Covid sufferers following directions from the Centre as per the advice of the Covid-19 Task Force of AIIMS/ICMR. Meanwhile, the general check positivity price dropped by practically two laptop from 20.7 laptop two days earlier than to 18.2 laptop as 10,321 folks have been discovered optimistic from 56,684 assessments carried out within the final 24 hours.
