Patna hospitals face oxygen cylinder shortage amid Covid surge
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Patna hospitals face oxygen cylinder shortage amid Covid surge. Image Source: IANS News
Patna, April 15 : The mounting number of Covid cases has resulted in a shortage of oxygen supplies at several hospitals in Patna.
The city s major facilities including Patna Medical College and Hospitals (PMCH), Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) and AIIMS are full with Covid patients as a result the smaller hospitals and nursing homes are treating the non-Covid patients. But they have been facing the challenges in obtaining the oxygen cylinders from the companies.
A Medical Superintendent of a private nursing home at Raja Bazar said that his hospital has referred many patients to bigger hospitals of the city due to irregular oxygen supplies by the companies.
Updated Apr 14, 2021 | 13:17 IST
A Covid-19 patient lost his life as the NMCH Hospital made him wait for 1.5 hours. Health Minister Mangal Pandey said efforts are being made to improve the facilities. Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey | Photo Credit: ANI
Patna: A COVID-19 patient died in the hospital premises allegedly after Patna s Nalanda Medical College & Hospital (NMCH) didn t admit him for long. While other hospitals refused to admit the patient, NMCH made him for an hour and a half. My father was COVID-19 positive. Other hospitals refused to admit him, NMCH hospital agreed. They made us wait outside for 1.5 hours, the son of the deceased said.
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Family members of the deceased outside the Patna hospital in Bihar. (Screenshot of the video)
A Covid-19 patient died outside a Patna hospital as the administration was busy welcoming Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Tuesday. The hospital allegedly refused to admit the patient at the time.
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Patna: With mounting Coronavirus casualties, relatives and friends taking bodies for cremation at Patna Municipal Corporation-run crematorium at Bans Ghat on the banks of Ganga have alleged that the municipal staff engage in extortion.
On average, 30-40 bodies are being brought to Bans Ghat crematorium from Patna Medical College Hospital, Nalanda Medical College Hospital and AIIMS daily. Due to the overload, the staff members are asking the relatives to wait for their turn. Moreover, out of the two electric cremation machines, only one is functional which has added to the waiting time.
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Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey
Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Sunday spoke exclusively to India TV about the rising cases of coronavirus in the state and across the nation. Speaking for India TV s Swasthya Sammelan 2021, the Bihar health minister said that the state administration doesn t find any need to impose lockdown as Covid cases in Bihar are fewer as compared to other states.Â
Instead of lockdown and other coronavirus curbs, the administration is focusing on identifying cluster positive cases and are creating containment zones as per requirement.
Pandey said that the numbers are rising due to increased testing across Bihar. We are testing more than 25-30 percent that the last phase. We are ramping up testing further, said minister Pandey.