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BENGALURU: Of the 592 Covid patients who died on Friday, 440 had symptoms of “breathlessness”. Experts said that this has been one of the major symptoms in the second wave. “We have been witnessing more cases of breathlessness, while in the previous wave, symptoms like dry cough, joint pain and headaches were more,” said Dr Manjunath C N, Director, Jayadeva Institute of Cardiac Sciences, and a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for Covid.
Medical experts working with the State Government said that most patients reporting breathlessness are ending up in ICUs or dying at their residences. “The deterioration can be sudden especially if there’s ‘happy hypoxia’, which is considered a silent symptom. A patient has an extremely low oxygen level, but doesn’t show any obvious external signs such as breathlessness,” said Dr S Sacchidanand, Vice-Chancellor, RGUHS.
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Rapid lung involvement attributed to mutations, high infectivity
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Delay in getting test reports and patients seeking healthcare are additional factors
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Delay in getting test reports and patients seeking healthcare are additional factors
The demand for medical oxygen seems to be comparatively higher during the second wave of COVID-19. Doctors, who are seeing an increasing number of patients with rapid lung involvement, attributed the trend to mutations, high infectivity, apart from delayed reporting.
While there is no data to compare the usage of medical oxygen during the first outbreak with the current wave, doctors said the overall volume of infected persons and rapidity of the surge has made oxygen scarce.
A family member performs the last rites of a Covid victim at a crematorium in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: As many as 102 of the 1,437 Covid-19 patients who died between April 17 and 26 in Karnataka either passed away in their homes or were brought dead to hospitals.
While 75 patients died at home, 27 were pronounced dead on arrival in hospitals as per the daily bulletin issued by the health and family welfare department. This means at least 10 Covid-19 patients have died every day in the 10-day period without availing medical help.
Most of these fatalities were recorded in Bengaluru. Lack of beds, a long wait for test results and Bengaluru Urban numbers to secure admission in hospitals and ignoring symptoms until the last minute are some reasons for this grave situation. Health department officials also point to the absence of effective monitoring of people in home isolation.
Bengaluru, Apr 28: As many as 102 of the 1,437 Covid-19 patients who died between April 17 and 26 in Karnataka either passed away in their homes or were brought dead to hospitals.