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Collector P. Madhusudhan Reddy said on Friday that oxygen was available for the current case load of COVID-19 positive patients but as a precautionary measure oxygen-supported beds were being readied in Karaikudi GH and other locations.
The Collector, who held a review meeting with senior doctors from government and private hospitals, health officials and others, told reporters that though the number of positive patients was not rising alarmingly, when compared with other districts in southern Tamil Nadu, the administration was keeping itself adequately prepared.
Private hospitals who were experiencing shortage of oxygen could take it from the public pool at the Government Hospitals and replace the same later, he said. “Our foremost objective is to save patients who require oxygen. Keeping this in mind, the Karaikudi Headquarters hospital has been increasing the number of beds with oxygen points. About 100 beds will be ready soon. Likewise, in Devako