Updated May 14, 2021, 1:14 am IST
Admissions to the hospital were stopped, except in cases of patients with severe symptoms who might need intensive care
Tims lacks adequate staff, be it doctors, nurses, or patient care attenders, and that has been hampering services to patients. (Photo: File/PTI)
Hyderabad: Faced with a staff shortage and plagued by repeated problems with pressures in oxygen supply lines, which together have been resulting in at least three to four deaths which doctors describe as avoidable if the management of the hospital was up to scratch the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (Tims) has effectively shut the door on Covid-19 patients.
Transfer of TIMS doctors condemned
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Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) have condemned the transfer of two senior resident doctors at Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS). The institute’s director issued relieving orders on Wednesday stating that Wasey Wasim Kabir and Arundhathi were being shifted to RIMS, Adilabad, with immediate effect on administrative grounds.
The TJUDAs said the transfers were effected for questioning lapses in administration and infrastructure in a democratic way. “TJUDAs demand immediate revocation of the transfer order. We will announce a plan of action if government fails to revoke the notices,” said TJUDA president V. Naveen.
Staff crunch adds to TIMS’ Covid blues
Updated May 12, 2021, 10:42 am IST
This newspaper learnt that one of the factors for the deaths of patients every day at Tims is lack of staff
With four ICUs, one with 38 beds on the ground floor, and three more on the first floor with 25 beds each, staff work in three shifts taking care of the patients. However, there is just one nurse, one patient care worker, and one doctor in each shift for each of the ICUs. PTI file photo
Hyderabad: There appears to be no end to the woes of Covid-19 patients at Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (Tims), at Gachibowli. First, it was the lack of good quality food, and then extremely delayed delivery of food to the patients.
TIMS officials deny allegations of oxygen shortage snuffing out 8 lives
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‘Deaths were due to natural progression of the disease and complications’
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‘Deaths were due to natural progression of the disease and complications’
Authorities of the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) have denied allegations of the death of eight COVID-19 patients reportedly due to lack of oxygen supply.
It was reported that eight patients in an ICU of the institute died on Sunday night. Top officials denied the allegations, and said the Liquid Oxygen Tank (LOT) has enough of the resource.
TIMS director Vimala Thomas said on Tuesday the deaths were part of natural progression of the disease and complications, and not due to shortage of oxygen. She added that there was no disruption to oxygen supply.
Hyderabad: Facing constant pressure from High Court, the Telangana government finally decided to impose a total lockdown from Wednesday morning to firmly deal with the raging pandemic.
A cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday decided to go for 10-day lockdown starting from 10am on Wednesday, and impose many other restrictions.
An official release issued after the cabinet meet said people will be given a window of four hours from 6am to 10am every day to purchase essential commodities and attend necessary day-to-day work.
The cabinet also decided to float a global tender to source the COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers.