Kurnool better equipped to check COVID-19: DMHO
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The district saved its COVID-19 positivity charge low at 24.80% through the 24 hours ending Sunday morning. Of the two,944 samples examined through the interval, solely 730 turned optimistic.
District Medical and Health Officer Rama Giddaiah advised The Puucho that Kurnool was blessed with better medical infrastructure.
“The district has three teaching hospitals. Besides, the setting up of COVID Care Centres in APTIDCO buildings in Kurnool, Adoni and Nandyal has turned out to be a blessing in disguise,” he mentioned.
The common positivity charge from May 9 to 16 was 6.76%, which was a results of the folks’s COVID-appropriate behaviour and the lockdown being enforced by the police.
“We do not have any shortage of ICU beds or oxygen-equipped beds in the district. We can tackle critical cases too as we have a good number of expert doctors in all the hospitals – both government and private,” Dr. Giddaiah mentioned.
“The occupancy rate in hospitals is close to 75%. We have enough beds available as the total number of active patients is only 7,568, and more than 80% of them are in home isolation,” he mentioned.
Greenco Foundation gesture
Meanwhile, the Greenko Foundation donated 13 oxygen concentrators and 10 oxygen cylinders to the Nandyal Government Hospital. It handed over the fabric to the hospital superintendent within the presence of Sub-Collector Kalpana Kumari.
The basis additionally donated one other 15 oxygen concentrators and 10 cylinders to the Kurnool Government Hospital within the presence of Panyam MLA K. Rambhupal Reddy.
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