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Request made to private hospitals to increase number of beds allotted for COVID care
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Twenty doctors from mini clinics in the district have been diverted to help in COVID wards in Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital.
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Request made to private hospitals to increase number of beds allotted for COVID care
With the capacity created for COVID-19 patients entirely utilised, authorities of Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital are looking at possibilities for increasing beds at other district headquarters hospitals and approaching private hospitals for expanding intake.
All the 335 beds allotted to emergency COVID care, including oxygen-support beds and beds in the intensive-care unit with ventilator support, are occupied. The beds that get cleared when a patient recovers or succumbs to the infection are immediately filled up with the waiting list of patients, officials here said.
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A physician of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital being administered vaccine in Tiruchi on Saturday.
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M. Moorthy
Vaccination against COVID-19 got off to a slow start in the central region with frontline healthcare workers administered the vaccines on Saturday.
The first phase of the vaccine roll-out seeks to cover doctors, nurses and paramedical and support staff. In Tiruchi, the vaccination drive started with only four doctors receiving the validation message from CoWin (application developed to manage the drive) at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH). Doctors at the GH attributed the glitches to server overload and said it would be rectified soon.
Covishield vaccine vials for TN’s central districts reach Tiruchi
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January 13, 2021 13:38 IST
Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar emphasised that both the vaccines Covishield from SII and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech have been tested and approved of after a series of trials
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The Health Minister said healthcare workers and frontline workers would be the first to be given the vaccine, as per guidelines | Photo Credit:
M. Moothy
Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar emphasised that both the vaccines Covishield from SII and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech have been tested and approved of after a series of trials