Nepal s COVID-19 case surge has doctors sounding the alarm
Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
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The Associated Press ·
Posted: May 07, 2021 1:10 PM ET | Last Updated: May 7
An official checks the body temperature of migrant workers as they walk across the India-Nepal border to return back to Nepal, in Jamunaha, India, near Nepalgunj, Nepal, on Friday. (AFP/Getty Images)
Nepal Runs Out Of Hospital Beds for COVID Patients, Oxygen Scarce
On 5/7/21 at 9:59 AM EDT
COVID-19 infections hit a record of 9,070 new cases in Nepal on Thursday as hospitals in the South Asian country ran out of available beds for patients and oxygen became scarce.
Extra hospital beds were crammed at one of Nepal s top hospitals, the Hospital for Advanced Medicine & Surgery in Kathmandu, while a hospital official described the dire situation across the country due to a lack of resources. Right now there are no beds available today in any hospital that is treating COVID patients. Even if any beds were made available, there is a huge scarcity of oxygen and we are not at the peak of this crisis, Dr. Jyotindra Sharma, the chief of Hospital for Advanced Medicine & Surgery, told the Associated Press. In the extreme situation, people could be dying in the streets, Sharma added.
Nepal doctors warn of escalating COVID cases of major crisis Coronavirus pandemic News
On the other side of the border due to the devastating flood in India, Nepalese doctors warned on Friday that there was a serious crisis as daily coronavirus cases were on record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
Nepal confirmed 9,070 new cases on Thursday, up from 298 years ago. More than 3,500 people have died since the pandemic began, 400 of them in the last two weeks alone, according to official data.
“There are currently no beds available at any hospital that treats COVID patients,” said Jyotindra Sharma, head of Kathmandu Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery, Associated Pressi.
Nepal reported 9,070 new confirmed cases on Thursday, compared to 298 a month ago.
The number of deaths also reached a record high on Wednesday with 58 fatalities, taking the death toll to 3,529.
The Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery chief Jyotindra Sharma said: “Right now there are no beds available today in any hospital that is treating Covid patients.
“Even if any beds were made available, there is a huge scarcity of oxygen and we are not at the peak of this crisis.”
Extra beds were crammed to accommodate more people at the hospital in Kathmandu, one of the leading facilities in Nepal for treating Covid-19 patients.