The second covid wave, which began in March in Mumbai, hit more than doubled the people affected during the first wave in 2020.
Now, as a third wave weaving tool, the top question on every Milky Milky is whether it will take care The second or truly benevolent wave is compared.
BMC Supplementary City Commissioner Suresh Kakani is, however, not disturbed because of the “health infrastructure” BMC is ready to overcome any emergency.
He told Latayhy Iyer and Richa Pinto about creating 30,000 beds for the third wave and preparing oxygen charging plants to ensure the city hospital was not gasped on soul-saving gas.
Quote: T: In accordance with the BMC projection, will the third wave will be worse than the first two? A: Someone can’t say for sure about the third wave, but we believe it might not be at all the second.
Maybe there is between the first and third waves in terms of numbers.
The only certainty is: the third wave will occur.
Q: The biggest fear on people’s mind is about the availability of beds.
BMC managed to make 21,000 beds during the second wave, what about the third wave of Covid? A: This time, we are preparing 30,000 hospital beds so no one needs a bed.
Many new Jumbo facilities are in various stages of readiness.
We will not assign all beds in one Go, but start activating when and if needed.
Q: Can you describe? A: During the second wave, we recognize the need to use our resources wisely even when ensuring that we do not compromise on the health of patients.
There is no point in keeping the facilities active when the bed is not in demand.
If the facility remains active, we have to hire doctors, nurses, and other supporting systems such as security and maintenance.
Medical staff services are very important and must be used wisely.
Therefore, even if we get 10,000 patients a day in the third wave, the facility will be activated in a gradual way and we have planned in detail.
We have three semi-permanent facilities – Nesco in Goregaon, Richardson and Crudass at the Byculla Hospital and Seven Hills which have 6,000 beds and 1,000-plus ICU beds.
If and when the third wave starts, we will first activate the bed here.
Our Maladen Jumbo facility is ready, and Kanjurmarg is to be ready in a few days.
While Mahalaxmi facilities will be ready next month, Sion facilities can take longer.
T: In the 2nd wave, oxygen requirements are a big problem …
A: We have worked scientifically to improve our oxygen facilities and ensure minimum waste.
As a first step, we switch from a cylindrical-based system to the central oxygen supply because the first demands the cylinder must be refilled every few hours.
At the end of the second wave, we began to improve to the central oxygen system and have a 30% decline in oxygen requirements.
In addition, we can regulate the flow of oxygen according to the patient’s needs.
Also, we want to reduce our dependence on external suppliers.
We hence arrange a recharging factory in Chembur and Mahalaxmi and is in the process of setting the manufacturing unit as well.
These steps will ensure we get our needs every day 250 metric tons.
Q: What has been a vaccine fraud that shook Mumbai? A: The Fallout has undergone a surprising change but welcomed: More and more people trust BMC and rely on us for vaccines in particular and general health care.
People wait for hours to get vaccinations, showing they have faith in us.
With us, they are sure they will get the right vaccine.
Also, people have depend on our care.
During one of my visits to the Nesco facility during the peak of the second wave, I remember relatives of patients arguing with our deans about their patients not getting adequate attention.
He came to me and said he wanted to shift relatively to personal facilities, and we agreed to facilitate the transfer.
But a few days later, he returned to the Nesco facility said he wanted to return his patient because of us, in comparison, had a better supply of drugs such as remedies, doctors and oxygen.
We took back patients, which made full recovery and left.