Jamshedpur/Ranchi: Prominent Covid-19 hospitals in Jharkhand are a divided lot over the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) advisory on withdrawing plasma therapy.
While Jamshedpur-based Tata Main Hospital (TMH) stopped providing patients with the therapy from Tuesday, Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) has sought an opinion for its expert committee to plan its future course of action.
“Adhering to the ICMR advisory, issued on Monday late evening, we have stopped providing plasma therapy to Covid-19 patients admitted in our hospital from today (Tuesday),” Dr Rajan Chaudhary, advisor (medical services) to TMH, told TOI.
The ICMR had recommended scrapping of plasma therapy from the current treatment protocol of Covid-19 patients stating that it has no significant benefits on the treatment. TMH is the largest hospital treating Covid-19 patients in East Singhbhum and the entire Kolhan division.
Defunct ventilators from PM-CARES Fund, coupled with lack of adherence to installation protocols and training to technicians, are giving doctors at the Covid ICU of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) a tough time, doctors looking after critical patients in Jharkhand’s largest state-run hospital said.
A senior doctor of the hospital even drafted an email to the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday, highlighting the challenges and difficulties they were faced with.
“Some of the ventilators just stop functioning abruptly, while some have technical glitches that lead to sudden drop in oxygen level. This is quite risky as patients may die of a technical snag in the machines,” said a senior doctor on duty at the Covid ICU, requesting anonymity as he feared he could be singled out and made to bear the brunt of a political attack.
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