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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The spread of Covid among students of Thrissur Medical College is a wake-up call to people who lower their guard after vaccination, say health experts. They warn that more people are found to be flouting Covid protocol during lockdown relaxation.
According to them, breakthrough infections, or vaccinated persons getting infected again, are also on the rise due to lowering the guard. The warning comes at a time as more people have restarted their social life after the the relaxation of lockdown rules in the state.
The number of people vaccinated has risen with the state giving the first dose to over 50% of the eligible population, while close to 20% have received the second dose.
“A large number of patients who had come to our hospital from today morning have been waiting in long queues. However, this has affected the Non-Covid wards in our hospital. Due to a shortage of vaccine, many had to return today. The situation could turn worse if we don’t get enough stocks of vaccines from the centre,” said the Chief Operating Officer of a leading private hospital in the city.
Admissions to ICU and the number of patients requiring ventilator support have also increased over the past one week.
“We had to compromise on non-Covid care due to the surge in Covid cases. In medical colleges, we have a dynamic approach to bed management. If there is a major increase in Covid cases, we will have to make adjustments in non-Covid section,” said Medical Education Director Dr Remla Beevi.
The rising hospitalisation of Covid patients has started affecting non-Covid care, as was the case last year.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rising hospitalisation of Covid patients has started affecting non-Covid care, as was the case last year. Hospitals which had started functioning normally after being dedicated as Covid hospitals for almost a year have either been converted again as exclusive Covid care centres or are on the verge of becoming so.
“The non-Covid patients in intensive care were the ones who suffered the most when hospitals were dedicated to Covid treatment. It is going to be a tough decision to shift the critically ill to other hospitals,” said a doctor at the Thiruvananthapuram General Hospital (GH). The GH had resumed normal functions recently as the number of Covid patients declined. Now, Covid wards are nearly full with the district reporting 3,918 active patients.
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