Kovid’s energetic instances proceed to say no – on Monday, they hit a four-month low – the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has shut down its 200-bed auto cluster hospital as it’s fully out of sufferers I went. The PCMC administration stated that it might additionally shut the 816-bed jumbo hospital by June 10, if it additionally runs out of sufferers. At the identical time, the administration is planning to transform the YCM Hospital into {a partially} non-Kovid hospital.
“We have closed the Auto Cluster Hospital on Monday. This is because on Sunday it had a patient and on Monday there was no patient in it,” stated Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil.
Patil stated that if the hospital is allowed to proceed within the absence of sufferers, they should pay a per-bed price to the contractor.
Till Monday night, there have been round 5,000 energetic instances in Pimpri-Chinchwad. Of these, solely 2,500 had been hospitalised. Pimpri-Chinchwad has 135 devoted COVID hospitals and a mattress capability of 10,000, together with civil and personal COVID care centres.
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Like the closure of Auto Cluster Hospital, the PCMC chief stated that also they are planning to shut the 816-bed Jumbo Hospital in Nehru Nagar. “Jumbo hospital additionally has a small variety of sufferers. We will determine on June 10 to discontinue it primarily based on the variety of sufferers. There had been round 100 sufferers in Jumbo Hospital until Monday night.
Similarly, the commissioner stated that because the instances have come down, the YCM hospital additionally has fewer sufferers. “Hence, we’re planning to partially convert YCM Hospital right into a non-Covid hospital. He stated {that a} determination can be taken quickly.
Patil stated the brand new hospitals by the PCMC at Thergaon and Akurdi with a mixed capability of 350 beds can be commissioned by June 5. “A lot of the load from our civilian hospitals will be shifted to these hospitals. Both these hospitals will be dedicated Kovid hospitals, ”he stated. Earlier this week, the PCMC additionally closed 5 COVID care centres.
Additional Municipal Commissioner Ulhas Jagtap, who’s overseeing the auto cluster facility, stated, “The auto cluster facility was being run by a personal contractor since final September. It was taken over by PCMC on 9 May. Therefore, we pays the salaries of the medical doctors, nurses and different employees of the hospital by 31 May.
After allegations surfaced that the medical doctors took over the hospital by the PCMC, taking cash to offer ICU beds to a COVID affected person. Two medical doctors of Auto Cluster Hospital and two medical doctors of a personal hospital have been arrested on this connection.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
