COVID-19 | Coimbatore Medical College Hospital opens waiting area with oxygen supply
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New facility established inside three days after witnessing sufferers in want of oxygen assist waiting in ambulances
The Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on May 16 opened a waiting area with oxygen supply to keep away from making sufferers requiring oxygen assist wait in ambulances exterior the COVID-19 ward.
The hospital administration constructed an annex to the COVID-19 outpatient ward with 15 beds, every having a transportable oxygen concentrator.
CMCH Dean A. Nirmala stated that sufferers who’re delivered to the hospital with quick requirement of oxygen assist shall be first admitted to the brand new facility. The medical group within the waiting area will stabilise the sufferers and shift them to the COVID-19 ward when oxygen mattress requirement arises, she stated.
The new facility was established inside three days after the hospital began to witness sufferers in want of oxygen assist waiting in ambulances.
According to senior docs, the tertiary stage hospital was receiving numerous sufferers referred by personal and authorities hospitals in Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Tiruppur and Erode districts, on account of which ICU beds and oxygen beds stay occupied more often than not.
After inspecting the hospital on May 15, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian stated that CMCH and the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital, Coimbatore, have been dealing with COVID-19 instances effectively.
According to the Minister, the hospital elevated the entire variety of beds earmarked for COVID-19 remedy from 555 to 1,273 within the second wave. The variety of oxygen beds have been elevated from 245 to 854.
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