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A man carrying an oxygen cylinder at Majestic in Bengaluru on Friday.
| Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Oxygen shortage, which has been a major issue ever since the second wave of COVID-19 set in, continued to hit patients in the city with several hospitals asking them to shift to other facilities as they ran out of stock.
Many hospitals, except the corporate chain facilities, said they had stopped admitting COVID-19 patients even if they had beds as they do not have oxygen supply.
On Monday, at least 30 patients at Medax Hospital in Sultanpalya were asked to shift out as the hospital ran out of oxygen. The hospital’s medical director, Srihari R. Shapur, gave in writing to the relatives of the 30 patients, seven of whom were in the ICU, to arrange for beds in other hospitals as the oxygen stock there was just enough to last till 5 p.m. on the day.
New guidelines for nursing home residents and visitors
Nursing homes loosen restrictions By Lauren Jackson | April 30, 2021 at 10:57 PM CDT - Updated April 30 at 10:57 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama nursing home residents were among the first groups to qualify for the Covid-19 vaccine back in December. Since then, officials said positive cases have dropped by almost 98.8 percent.
Officials with the Alabama Nursing Home Association said back in December, there were 900 new Covid cases in one week in nursing homes across the state. Now, they are only seeing five to ten new cases a week.
Alabama Nursing Home Association spokesperson John Matson said the low cases are coming at a great time, as the CDC is easing up on restrictions.
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Karnataka government has announced that it will halt supplies to private hospitals
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A senior citizen receives a dose of a vaccine at BET Convent School, BEML 3rd stage, in Bengaluru on Friday.
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Karnataka government has announced that it will halt supplies to private hospitals
Private hospitals in Karnataka do not have any clarity on the modalities of procurement of vaccines for the fourth phase of vaccination. The government has made it clear that supplies from the State to private hospitals will stop from May 1.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Govind M. Karjol, who heads the Ministers’ task force, said private hospitals will have to procure vaccines from manufacturers at rates fixed by the Centre. They should not charge a service fee of more than ₹100 for every dose, he said.
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Despite the IT capital accounting for majority of cases, 18 other districts have reported a positivity rate of over 10%, a 7-day average up to April 29 shows. Kodagu has the highest positivity rate (22.4%). While the severity may not be apparent from the absolute number of cases, especially juxtaposed with Bengaluru’s soaring numbers, the positivity rate is a key indicator of the spread of virus. A total of 394 Covid-19 patients died within 48 hours of hospitalisation between April 20 and 29 in Karnataka. Medical experts working with the state government say system failures lack of triaging, beds and some key drugs and delay by patients to seek help had played a part in the deaths. Stay with TOI for all updates
Care homes say fee increase does not cover basic cost of care.
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Care homes in North Somerset have hit out at the ‘disappointing’ increase in fees which they say will not cover the basic cost of care.
North Somerset Council has increased the fees it pays to care homes by three per cent, while Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (BNSSG CCG) has upped its contribution by the same amount.
Care home owners say the money is not enough for a sector which has been ravaged by the pandemic, leaving many homes on the brink of closure. Care homes are also struggling with low occupancy, due to Covid, and a huge increase in insurance costs.