COVID-19: Delhi govt directs hospitals to ramp up testing amid surge in cases
April 08, 2023 14:49 ISTThe health department has instructed hospitals, polyclinics and dispensaries in the city to increase Covid testing.
The health department has instructed hospitals, polyclinics and dispensaries in the city to increase Covid testing.
Delhi doctors said the infections are happening across all age groups but when respiratory tract infections happen among the elderly, they assume a severe form.
Delhi recorded 366 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of nearly four per cent (3.95 per cent).
On April 20, Delhi had reported 28,395 cases, the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic.
The decision was taken at a board meeting chaired by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, who is also the DDA Chairman, said a senior DDA official.
Delhi recorded less than 200 hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients on Monday, the lowest in nearly two months, according to government data.
Twenty-five COVID-19 patients at the high-profile Sir Ganga Ram Hospital had died last week. Sources said, "low-pressure oxygen" could be the likely cause of the deaths. Officials at Fortis Healthcare said the situation is stable now and admissions are on.
In the midst of the Corona crisis, the family members of patients outside LNJP Hospital in Delhi are in a bad condition. There is a huge shortage of beds in the hospital.
Delhi logged 24,331 fresh COVID-19 cases and a record single-day jump of 348 deaths on Friday while the positivity rate stood at 32.43 per cent, according to the latest health bulletin.
Amid a flood of complaints regarding oxygen shortage in hospitals, the DDMA has appointed two nodal officers to ensure oxygen supply in Delhi hospitals
On Tuesday, CM Kejriwal had urged the Centre "with folded hands" to provide medical oxygen to Delhi and his deputy Manish Sisodia said there will be chaos in the city if the stocks are not replenished by Wednesday morning.
After Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain stated on Tuesday that Delhi’s GTB Hospital was running out of medical oxygen, one oxygen tanker reached the hospital just in time at 1:30 am on Wednesday. More than 500 critical Covid-19 patients on oxygen were admitted at the hospital and the supply was not expected to last beyond 2 am.
COVID-19: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has said that the city is facing acute shortage of oxygen supply and urged the Centre to increase the city's quota.
After an exponential rise of Covid cases over the last few weeks, the Arvind Kejriwal government is looking at steps to increase the number of hospital beds and for that matter has turned Commonwealth Games Village into a COVID facility.
The Delhi Corona Patient Portal showed there were 93 beds available at Mata Chanan Devi Hospital for corona patients but it still denied beds to patients, saying they were not available, said Prashant Gautam, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West).
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that severe cases involving respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation should be admitted to a dedicated COVID hospital.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said the Delhi government is fully prepared for the vaccination roll-out starting January 16, with over 8,000 healthcare workers to be immunised every scheduled day in the national capital, in the first phase of the exercise.
As Delhi reels under the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his government is working on a "war-footing" to expand the number of ICU beds in various hospitals. Interacting with reporters after visiting DDU Hospital, he said the doctors have agreed to expand the ICU beds count at the facility from existing 50 to 100.
On the occasion of World Stroke Day, Max Healthcare has launched a dedicated stroke helpline number (9910204023) for quick management of brain stroke across its branches in Delhi/NCR, including BLK Hospital on Thursday.
The members of the Resident Doctors' Association of the Hindu Rao Hospital have been protesting for the past several days and had gone on an indefinite strike, seeking the release of salaries due for the past three months.
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