As the nationwide capital is witnessing a steep decline within the variety of COVID circumstances, just one thousand hospital beds are ‘occupied’ for remedy of COVID in Delhi to this point. Officials stated on Friday that a number of specialised COVID care facilities run by authorities organizations or NGOs at the moment are planning to shut.
Though no new admissions will likely be allowed on the centres, medical tools corresponding to ventilators and oxygen cylinders will likely be stockpiled by medical doctors for a doable third wave.
According to the Delhi Corona App, virtually all Kovid oxygen beds, ICU beds and ventilators are empty. Only 109 new Kovid circumstances have been reported in Delhi on Thursday. Of the entire 27,278 hospital beds reserved for Covid remedy, together with non permanent Covid centres, only one,101 beds are at present occupied.
At Delhi’s Rakabganj gurdwara, the place a 400-bed facility was began to assist Covid sufferers in May, officers stated solely eight sufferers have been left.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa stated, “We now have six-eight Covid patients at the centre. Most of them have recovered and will be discharged soon. We will close the center once all the beds are empty. However, in the event of a third wave, our committee members will store the medical equipment.”
In North Delhi’s Burari, the place no less than 1,000 beds have been arrange on the Sant Nirankari Covid Care Centre, now solely 5 sufferers are admitted, and the group will shut down the middle quickly.
The non permanent COVID middle Sardar Vallabhai Patel Hospital in Delhi Cantt, which was arrange by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in April this yr, now has ‘zero’ COVID sufferers. The middle has a facility of 500 beds for Kovid sufferers.
“We are closing the centre. It’s been almost two weeks and we don’t have any new admissions. If the Covid caseload increases during the third wave then we will reopen the place,” stated a health care provider. The middle was run by no less than 50 officers and medical doctors from the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
Radha Swami Satsang Beas in South Delhi additionally now has ‘zero’ Kovid sufferers. The middle was began final yr with 100 beds and was operated by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. ITBP spokesperson stated on Friday that the middle remains to be vacant. “We are planning to shut the place however are ready for orders. We must be ready for the third wave in order that we are able to maintain this house open.”
At Delhi authorities’s Burari Hospital, the place no less than 700 beds have been supplied for Covid remedy throughout the second wave, medical doctors stated they’ve now began giving beds to different non-Covid sufferers.
“Earlier, other wards were closed due to the Covid caseload, but now we are reopening emergency services. At present there are only seven to ten patients in the Kovid ward. We are expecting more patients in the coming weeks but for now we are giving beds to others.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
