HYDERABAD: Nearly 40 per cent of all critical Covid-19 patients in various intensive care units (ICU) across city hospitals are obese and doctors treating such patients across Telangana have said the high risk of severe Covid disease associated with obesity is also reflecting in the number of deaths.
According to the recent National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) report, Hyderabad city alone has 48.7 per cent women and 33.1 per cent men under the overweight category, way higher than the numbers in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Ahmedabad, or Chennai. Across Telangana, 28 per cent of women and 24 per cent of men are overweight or obese.
“In ICU wards at least 40 per cent of patients fall in the category of obese or have other co-morbidities along with obesity” said a top resident doctor at Gandhi Hospital. At Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, one of the designated hospitals for Covid-19, handling mild to moderate cases, numbers are slightly lower.
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This medical equipment will be donated to hospitals and public institutions to augment their capacity to help Covid-19 infected patients across multiple cities, it added.
The first of these consignments will land in Mumbai on late Sunday night (on April 25) and a majority of the shipping is expected to be completed by April 30, it said.
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India is registering a record number of Covid cases daily that has put extreme pressure on the healthcare infrastructure of the country. The number of new Covid infections touched 3,49,691 cases and 2,767 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday at 8 am.
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As the country grapples with an oxygen crisis amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, startups in India have stepped up to help in procurement efforts.
On Saturday, logistics startup Delhivery s co-founder Sahil Barua said in a LinkedIn post: We re flying charters into India with oxygen concentrators and other essential supplies and can build more capacity on demand. If you need help with logistics or wish to collaborate with us on this please reach out to Vikas Kapoor or to me immediately (ceo@delhivery.com).
Shailendra Singh, managing director at Sequoia Capital, tweeted earlier in the day asking for leads on importing oxygen concentrators to India. By evening, he tweeted, thank you everyone, we got a few dozen leads that we are pursuing now, including some amazing referrals from our friends in Sequoia China . gratitude .
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Delhi: To support Delhi and National Capital Region hospitals with oxygen in light of demand outstripping supply, Gurgaon based startup founders have launched ‘Mission Oxygen’ to import oxygen concentrators. The machine concentrates oxygen from the ambient air and supply it to the patient.
The startup founders have raised INR.4.60cr through crowdfunding platform Ketto by Saturday evening, and are aiming to raise a total INR 5cr to meet the demand of 3000 concentrators. The group has already procured 500 concentrators from China which will be made available in hospitals by April 28 and another 500 are expected to be ordered by Saturday evening.
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