Companies other than Bharat Biotech must be given contracts to manufacture the indigenously developed Covaxin in bulk. This is the time to open licensing to any company that wants to produce vaccines and for anyone who wants to take a jab, per doctors.
Covid second wave: Why doctors are alarmed over attacks on medical staff
Covid second wave: Why doctors are alarmed over attacks on medical staff | India Today Insight
Medical association sends SOS to PMO over attacks even as efforts are on to rope in final year students of medicine and nursing to work at Covid hospitals
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UPDATED: May 3, 2021 23:08 IST
A doctors speaks with family members of a Covid patient outside the LNJP Hospital in New Delhi, April 26 (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
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As the second wave of Covid-19 rips across the country, hospitals are overflowing with critically ill cases, and beds and medical oxygen are simply unavailable. The consequence: frayed tempers and a spate of attacks on medical professionals in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and even Goa. In New Delhi, on April 27, eight hospital staff including doctors and nurses were attacked by relatives of patients at Apollo Hospital. The incident happened after a patient who had not got
Doctors Down: Hospitals face staff shortage with frontline workers catching COVID-19
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Most hospitals have scaled up capacity by 10-35% to accommodate the increasing number of Covid patients and are recruiting more healthcare staff. But doctors, nursing staff and other frontline workers are increasingly staying away from work for 14-21 days after contracting the virus.
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Adding to the already grim situation in India s second Covid wave is the increasing number of healthcare professionals who are catching the infection. The medical fraternity has sounded an alarm -healthcare facilities are running on full capacity with fewer staff members.Hospital administrations have warned that the peak of second wave will hit India harder if this continues. The only positive is that since healthcare workers are mostly fully vaccinated, post-infection symptoms are mild to moderate.
Bed capacity in hospitals to be increased
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Current facility in hospitals stretched due to heavy caseload
The Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI), Thiruvananthapuram chapter, on Friday announced plans to increase the total bed capacity for category ‘B’ and ‘C’ COVID-19 patients in member hospitals in the city by another 370 beds.
The decision was taken at an emergency COVID-19 crisis management meeting of the AHPI chapter in view of the sharp rise in cases. “The main issue in Thiruvananthapuram hospitals is the rapid increase in category B and C patients. Category B patients will require oxygen support while category C patients need critical care and even ventilation,” the AHPI said in a statement.
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The Centre earlier this month expanded the eligibility age for vaccinations to 18 years and above, to be serviced by state governments and private hospitals. But SII and Bharat Biotech may send Covid vaccines to states and private hospitals only by 3rd week of month or later.
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These delays will slow down India’s vaccination drive at a time when it needs to be accelerated to subdue the rising tide of infections engulfing the country and overwhelming its healthcare system.
State governments and private hospitals are unlikely to begin their vaccination programmes for the 18-44 years age group on May 1 as Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech have expressed their inability to supply jabs to them before the third week of the month. Chhattisgarh claims it has been told it will get vaccines only in July.