Breathing work out, slow walking, fast walking, climbing steps were among many exercises.
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CHENNAI: In a first-of-its kind initiative, doctors at the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital have found that rehabilitation exercises helped people with mild-to-moderate lung infection due to Covid.
As many as 214 people were enrolled for the study and were divided into two groups - 105 in one group and 109 in the other.
The group with 109 members underwent post Covid rehabilitation programme and the other group just took regular treatment and was discharged, said Dr S Padma Rani, a final year postgraduate student, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programme, Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital. “We tried to restore their lost capacity post Covid,” said Dr Padma Rani.
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KMC to get new block with six storeys, 12 operation theatres
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Facility with ICUs, burns ward set up at a cost of ₹269.68 cr.
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New facility: The Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital will have a new block soon.
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Facility with ICUs, burns ward set up at a cost of ₹269.68 cr.
The Government Kilpauk Medical College (KMC) Hospital will soon have a six-storey tower block with 12 operation theatres. The new block was being established at an estimate of ₹269.68 crore.
The building, for which Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami laid the foundation stone on Monday, is coming up under the Tamil Nadu Urban Health Care Project (supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency) as part of the scheme for upgrading tertiary hospitals. While the construction of the building is estimated to cost ₹135.50 crore, the estimate for the equipment to be installed has been put at ₹134.18 crore.
Routine healthcare services are back to normal in government hospitals across the city.
After leading the COVID-19 patient management since March, these hospitals have been witnessing a gradual rise in the turnout of patients for regular services in the past three months. But, this has not affected the COVID-19 services.
Outpatient services and elective surgeries were stopped in a number of government hospitals when the pandemic was its peak. However, with the daily tally of fresh viral infections declining in the past few weeks, non-COVID services, especially elective procedures, were resumed, and are running full-fledged at present.
Out-patient turnout up