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Kerala health minister KK Shailaja THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many states in the country continue to grapple with oxygen shortage, the Kerala government has said it has a reserve of 510 metric ton of the life-saving gas at production centres post-delivery. The government is now mulling the possibilities of increasing the reserve stock upto 1000 MT to meet any adverse situations, authorities said. In the wake of the number of Covid-19 cases crossing the 30,000 mark in the southern state, health minister KK Shailaja convened a special high-level meeting on Tuesday to review the availability of oxygen. In view of the grim situation, it has been decided to set up audit committees in the state, district and hospital levels for the effective utilisation of the available oxygen in the state, she said. ....
Shailaja Nakwe had a 25/25 CT score, the most severe count MUMBAI: A 75-year-old woman, whose family was told she may not have more than 24 hours to live after being diagnosed with severe Covid, went home last week after putting up a fierce fight for 13 days. As Shailaja Nakwe walked out of Ghatkopar’s Sonagra Medical and Surgical Centre on Wednesday, doctors and nurses there celebrated her discharge by cutting a cake with her CT (computed tomography) score of 25/25 the most severe count iced on it. “Her recovery was a sweet victory against the virus we are all so desperately fighting. She was a diabetic who came to us with near 100% lung involvement, went on to need complete ventilator support and came out of it,” said Dr Rajaram Sonagra, her treating doctor. ....