Ludhiana: The health authorities are trying to put in place required infrastructure in case the third wave of Covid hits the district. They are also focusing on paediatric care, as it was being said that the next wave may affect children more.
District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Bhagat said they were arranging adequate facilities before the probable third wave and they already have a system in place for sufficient beds (both for moderate L2 and severe L3 cases) and oxygen plants were being set up at various hospitals.
“We had to close the L2 facility at Meritorious School as cases fell, but we can open it if there is a surge. We can have more than 200 beds there. Also, we can have 50 L2 beds at Jawaddi community health centre (CHC) and 100 L2 beds at Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), Vardhman. We can have 30 L2 beds at sub-divisional hospital (SDH) in Raikot and have sent a proposal for it, besides we can set up 30 beds at Samrala SDH, 30 L2 beds at Jagraon SDH, 50 at Covid care c
Ludhiana: A day after a woman delivered twin babies in a park at the Civil Hospital, the health department has ordered a probe into the circumstances that forced the woman to deliver there.
According to the 30-year-old woman, Uma Devi of Dhuri Line, she had come to the hospital two days ago with mild pain in stomach and wanted to take treatment for the same. But, she did not know that the delivery would happen so soon, else she would have gone home after taking medicines.
Uma said she went looking for her husband, who had gone out, but she could not find him. As she sat in the park waiting for his return, she gave birth to the twins there only.