Palliative care hospital closed after three COVID deaths
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COVID patients shifted to Thrissur Medical College Hospital
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COVID patients shifted to Thrissur Medical College Hospital
The Health department closed a palliative care hospital at Vallachira, near Thrissur, on Wednesday after three COVID patients died at the hospital.
In an inquiry at the Santhi Bhavan Palliative Care Hospital, the health department team found that there was no full-time doctor for attending to the critically ill patients. Of the 23 patients, 11 had tested positive for COVID-19.
“I got a complaint three days ago from a nurse in Kollam. Her father died in the palliative care hospital recently. The body was shifted to Kollam saying he was COVID negative. The body was kept openly for the public to pay homage. As they couldn’t produce COVID negative certificate at the time of cremation, the body was taken to a private hospital and he was tested positive posthumously,”
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The COVID test positivity rate (TPR) is remaining high in Thrissur. On Monday, the district recorded a TPR of 33.07%. As many as 3,280 fresh cases were reported while 2,076 patients recovered from the disease.
Seven local bodies in the district had TPR higher than 50%.
Elavally panchayat has the highest test positivity rate of 82.67 %. The other local bodies with high TPR are Mullassery (52.79%); Chazur (59.55%); Puthenchira (67.21%); Porkulam (53.13%); Engandiyur (50%) and Venkidangu (55%).
Active cases in the district is 51,126 and 91 people from the district are undergoing treatment in other districts. So far, 1,84,512 COVID-19 cases were reported from the district and 1,32,435 people have recovered.
Case registered against relatives A case has been registered against the Malik Islamic Centre Juma Masjid authorities, Thrissur, and relatives of a COVID-19 victim, whose body was taken to the mosque for religious rites in violation of COVID-19 protocol.
The body of the 53-year-old from Varavur, who died at the Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, was taken to the mosque at Sakthan Nagar, Thrissur, on Monday for religious rites, en route to the burial.
It is alleged that the body, which was packed according to COVID protocol by the hospital, was opened and washed for the rites at the mosque.
Funds for upgrade of schools, universities, hospitals
As many as 77 projects estimated to cost ₹2,613.38 crore has been given the nod by the executive and governing body of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) that met here on Monday.
With the approvals, the KIIFB funds provided to infrastructure and development projects has risen to ₹63,250.66 crore. Of these, ₹43,250.66 crore is for 889 infrastructure projects and ₹20,000 crore for six land acquisition projects.
The KIIFB executive and governing body has given the nod on Monday for the upgrade of 147 schools at a cost of ₹433.46 crore and ₹175.12 crore for the infrastructure development of the Universities of Kerala, Kozhikode and Kannur and revamp of the College of Arts and Science, Thazava.
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