Scare over ICU patients and daily deaths By Vinod Nair First Omani healthcare worker succumbs to Covid-19
There is concern over a large number of daily deaths. SHARE
All eyes will be on whether the weeks of restrictions, including night lockdowns, did significantly impact the spread of infections in the country.
With the mass vaccination drive still a few weeks away, there is concern over a large number of daily deaths recorded, while the new cases of infections have dropped substantially.
Last Friday, the Ministry of Health reported the first death of an Omani health worker (a nurse) due to Covid-19.
Frontline workers’ care must for viable Covid treatment “Is there a bed available?”
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“Is there a bed available?” has become a common question amongst people as they try to reach their family member or colleague or friend to a safe place with medical assistance.
‘Patient traffic’, has become a vital usage amongst the medical fraternity. It is the highest ever patient traffic Oman could have seen in the medical history. Many of the people who develop the symptoms of Covid-19 stay in isolation and manage to recover. Others have had to seek hospital stays and even the ICU with ventilator support. While medicine has been doing its part, the fear of the mind has been challenging to tackle.