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ICU capacity and hospital beds doubled as COVID-19 cases grow 38 times faster in Odisha
As many as 11,808 beds, including 2,018 in ICUs and 782 with ventilators have been set up in over 70 dedicated Covid hospitals so far to tackle the second wave.
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Chief Justice of Orissa High Court S Muralidhar in a video conference with health officials. (Photo | Express) By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has ramped up health infrastructure across the state by adding twice the strength of general and ICU beds in dedicated Covid hospitals as the infection is spreading over 38 times faster during the second wave of the pandemic.
224 persons test positive for Covid-19 in district on Friday; fresh cases include 114 from Rourkela
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ROURKELA: Acute shortage of hospital beds has worsened the Covid-19 crisis in Sundargarh district which is witnessing a steep surge in new infections in last few of days. On Friday, 224 persons tested positive for Covid-19 in Sundargarh. The fresh cases included 114 from Rourkela. The district now has 917 active cases.
With rise in new cases, the administration had kept 34 beds reserved for Covid-19 patients at the privately-run JP Hospital and Research Centre Pvt Ltd. The Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) was equipped with only 20 beds and critical patients were shifted to VIMSAR, Burla. But on Friday, JP Hospital was filled with 64 Covid patients. Faced with the bed crisis, the administration immediately decided to augment dedicated facilities for Covid care.
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