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‘Recreation therapy’ helps police personnel beat virus
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Arrangements done for music and yoga at COVID Care Centre
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Arrangements done for music and yoga at COVID Care Centre
In an attempt to ensure speedy recovery of the police personnel who have contracted coronavirus, the Prakasam Police have set up a 100-bed COVID Care Centre where the patients are not only being provided with better treatment but also all the care to boost their morale.
As part of the initiative launched by Prakasam Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal, the patients undergo ‘recreation therapy’ at the COVID Care Centre. According to the SP, providing the state-of-the-art healthcare facilities including oxygen concentrators are not enough to ensure a speedy recovery, but the ambiance where they are being treated also matters.
‘Daily demand has reduced to 52 MT from 82 MT’
The strict supervision and audit of the stock and supply of liquid medical oxygen to COVID facilities launched by the district administration has ended the uncertainty over the availability of the lifesaving gas for the patients.
Joint Collector A. S. Dinesh Kumar has been monitoring the supply of oxygen to private and government hospitals and other healthcare facilities where the coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment.
The hospitals which have been overwhelmed by the continuous rise of the patients during the second wave of the pandemic as the facilities found it difficult to cope up with the high demand for medical oxygen.
‘Its efficient management and judicious use of steroids in treating COVID-19 hold the key’
India has the highest burden of mucor in the world with 140 cases per million population and, hence, the country expects to see a tidal wave of infections in the coming months.
The country, also home to the largest number of diabetic patients, second only to China, has to face the challenge of battling the invasive fungal infection, says professor and Head of Department of Neurology, Guntur Medical College, and Government General Hospital, Guntur, N.V. Sundarachary.
According to medical studies, 38% of the symptoms have occurred during the treatment of COVID-19 and 62% in the post-treatment period.