Coimbatore: The district administration has issued a stern warning to private hospitals that are fleecing Covid-19 patients and reiterated that the ho.
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A total of 19 private hospitals in Coimbatore district were approved to offer treatment for COVID-19 under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS), the district administration said on Tuesday.
The private hospitals to offer COVID-19 treatment under the insurance scheme include Abinand Hospital, Sathya Medical Centre, NG Hospital, CSR Nursing Home, Kongunadu Hospital, Kalpana Medical Centre, Sree Abirami Hospital, KG Hospital, Hindustan Hospital, Karpagam Hospital, One Care Hospital, GKNM Hospital, Gem Hospital, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Royal Care Hospital, Sri Lakshmi Hospital, NM Hospital and Kovai Medical Center and Hospital.
The district administration said that people who are affected by COVID-19 can directly seek treatment at these hospitals without the recommendation from a government hospital. The expense of the treatment will be borne under the CMCHIS scheme.
Coimbatore: Eighty-three-year-old Vethaa Arumugan was rushed to the PSG Hospitals immediately after his family members found him gasping for breath. It didn’t occur to them to call up the hospital to check for the availability of beds, as the only thing that mattered to them was to get him immediate medical help. The hospital staff could do little to find a bed for the patient, who was breathless and on oxygen support, as his RT-PCR results were yet to arrive. That was not the only reason why he had to wait outside. Oxygen beds in the ward for suspected Covid cases was also full.
Coimbatore: The district recorded a slight dip in Covid-19 cases, with only 996 people declared positive on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases past the 75,000-mark to 75,293.
Though 745 people were discharged, the number of active cases inched closer to the 7,000-mark at 6,948. The district also recorded one death due to the virus, taking the toll to 717. The victim was a 29-year-old man, who suffered from obesity, and died three days after testing positive at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital due to bilateral bronchopneumonia and respiratory disease.
Over the last one week, the number of cases the city corporation accounted has grown from 59% on Monday to 60.97% on Tuesday. Within the civic body, the north zone, which consists of Ganapathy, Kavundampalayam and surrounding area, reported the highest number of cases at 166. However, the east zone continued to have the most number of active cases at 1,132. The civic body accounted for 628 of the 996 fresh cases. Of the p