Now, all roads lead to Bengaluru

COVID-19 sufferers from different districts of Karnataka are searching for admission in Bengaluru hospitals in significantly massive numbers now. This is a reversal of the sooner development when Bengaluru sufferers went to districts searching for beds, unable to discover them right here, because the caseload within the metropolis was very excessive.

Now, whereas the variety of instances reported within the metropolis are declining, these in different districts are rising. In reality as per Tuesday’s well being bulletin, solely 27% of the entire 22,758 instances have been reported from Bengaluru Urban, whereas the remaining have been from different districts.

R. Ravindra, Medical Director, Suguna Hospital, mentioned that sufferers have been coming to his hospital from Hassan, Chickballapur, and Kolar districts. “They are coming here because there are no beds available in their districts. Some are coming here because their relatives are here and they feel that they will get access to better medical care here,” he mentioned.

Last month getting a mattress in hospitals in Bengaluru was a tough job. However, within the final fortnight, most hospitals do have vacant basic beds.

While admission in personal hospitals beneath the federal government quota require the BU quantity generated on the time of testing, personal quota beds don’t require it. Even if a hospital calls for BU quantity for sufferers from different districts, in lots of situations, the sufferers bear one other speedy antigen take a look at in the identical hospital and supplies a Bengaluru handle of their relations and get admitted within the hospital, mentioned a supply.

Prasanna H.M., president of the Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes’ Association (PHANA), mentioned that over the previous few days, the vast majority of their intensive care unit beds have been occupied by sufferers from different districts. “We have been treating patients coming from Tumakuru and Hassan,” he mentioned.

Patients and their households say that they’re pressured to come to Bengaluru as the standard of ICUs and specialised care shouldn’t be up to the mark. Ranjanna S., a non-public firm worker whose relative examined constructive in Hassan, mentioned that he insisted that his uncle be introduced to Bengaluru as he knew just a few specialists within the metropolis and as an ICU mattress was not obtainable in hospitals he had enquired with.

“It was extremely difficult to arrange an ambulance and maintain the oxygen saturation level. But when it comes to saving a life, we are willing to ensure all hardship to ensure that he recovers. He is now undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the city,” mentioned Mr. Rajanna.