Ludhiana: From 300 oxygen cylinders’ requirement a month ago, the surge in Covid cases has pushed the daily demand to 6,500 cylinders for all hospitals in Ludhiana. The district administration officials said things will improve if people follow guidelines.
The district administration officers said about a month ago, the demand for D-type oxygen cylinders in Ludhiana was around 300-350, but with the increase in cases, the demand has jumped to more than 6,500. They said of these cylinders, around 3,400 were being used by six major hospitals of the city (including DMCH, CMCH, Mohandai Oswal Hospital, SPS Hospital and Fortis Hospital) and the remaining by other facilities.
COVID-19: Ludhiana DC instructs hospitals to increase bed capacity by 25 pc ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 14:46 IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Sunday directed all private hospitals on board, to immediately increase the bed capacity to at least 25 per cent by today evening to ensure the treatment to all COVID-19 patients.
Presiding over a virtual meeting with hospitals along with ADC (D) Sandeep Kumar, DDLG Amit Bambi and Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia Gill, Deputy Commissioner said that with the virulent spread of deadliest coronavirus in the district and filling up of almost all level-3 beds, there is an immediate need to scale up the bed capacity and directed health institutions to add at least 25 per cent more beds of their total capacity to cater the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.