When queried about the matter, Dr UB Mishra from AIIMS Rishikesh said, “The 180 ICU beds at AIIMS are occupied and patients are waiting at the emergency section to be admitted to the critical care unit. We have shut our OPD to only cater to Covid-19 patients. The influx of patients is so high that the 200 isolation beds we have here are also almost full.”
A GDMC PRO who did not wish to be named said that the hospital has 50 ICU and 50 ventilator beds and all are full since Sunday.
The situation is the same at most private hospitals too. Pawan Sharma of Kailash Hospital told TOI that all 50 ICU beds and 28 ventilator beds in his hospital are full. Dr Rahul Prasad, medical superintendent, Max Hospital said that all 74 ICU and 37 ventilator beds in the hospital were taken. Bhupendra Raturi, PRO, Mahant Indiresh hospital, also confirmed that all 33 ICU and ventilator beds are occupied at their institution.
Image used for representational purpose only
DEHRADUN: A 70-year-old seer attending the Maha Kumbh died of Covid-19 at a Covid care centre in Haridwar after he was allegedly turned away by both AIIMS Rishikesh and Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) for lack of ICU beds.
Talking to TOI, additional chief medical officer (ACMO) of Haridwar Dr HD Shakya said that the seer was initially admitted at a Covid Care Centre set up in the Bairagai akhada camp. He was then referred to Baba Barfani Covid Care Centre. After his condition turned critical, he had to be referred to a specialised centre.