Ahmedabad: In early May last year, when the city recorded everyday case in the range of 5,000-6,000 similar to the current range, the hospital was filled with patients.
The civil hospital witnessed a large queue outside and a private hospital had to arrange the system so that the patient did not die on the road while waiting for the bed – the reason was clear, about 90% of the beds were available full.
When the city touches 6,000 cases on Sundays, the hospital is below no coercion – even when the number of beds decreased by 33%, the vacancy was 90%.
It was also a scenario in a civil hospital where the 1,200 beds were available, 114 were occupied by covid patients.
“The main reason is the tendency of omicron variants not to target the lungs.
At present, 95% of patients come out of covid infection after 3-4 days with lighter symptoms.
Last year’s surge was caused by high oxygen dependence by the majority of patients treated at Hospital, “said a hospital administrator based in the city.