Chennai: Right when the third wave of Covid-19 has begun, the more health workers in three of the four tertiary hospitals in Chennai are testing positive.
It has brought concerns about stress and fatigue among doctors, in-house surgeons, general practitioners and breastfeeding students who have been positively tested.
After a group of 27 students at the Student Hostel and Women Stanley GH on Thursday, 15 positive cases were reported at the Government General Hospital Rajiv Gandhi (RGGGH) on Friday, according to the list of clusters distributed by TOI.
At KMC, 25 doctors have been tested positive since January.
The doctor, who was in isolation, at RGGGH told TII that around 50 people were under the institution’s quarantine in the hospital tower 3.
These include in-house surgeons and medical students.
“It makes stress …
after we tested negatively, following a short period of home-isolation, we might have to return to the task immediately.
In mid-January, cases can rise here,” said a doctor in isolation in Tower 3, which Don’t want to be named.
At present, in accordance with the release policy for institutional quarantine, following the positive status of RPCR, if the fever is not observed for three consecutive days, the patient runs out.
They were sent for further house isolation for seven days.
All of these doctors are mostly without symptoms and recover well.
Almost all of them also multiply, said the doctor.
Dean KMC Dr.
R Shanthimalar said 14 doctors had been repatriated while 11 were under the institution’s quarantine.
“Seventy-five percent of cases have drop s-genes, while everything is stable and without symptoms,” he said.
While the doctor rejected concerns about lack of labor, they did not rule out the possibility if the case continued to skyrocket.
“Lately, seven student nurses have been tested positively.
We take all steps about isolation and testing, to ensure the cluster stops and there is no shortage of labor,” said RGGH Dean Dr.
Thanirajan.
At Stanley GH, the Dean of the Hospital Dr.
P Balaji said there was no shortage of labor like now, and all patients did not show symptoms, and recover faster.
“There are many better ones and we have sent some of them to the quarantine house.
We have also disinfected their dormitory completely,” he said.
While the occupancy of non-O2 beds saw a large increase, the occupancy of ICU beds was still very low, indicating that the severity of the case was lacking.
Of 200 non-O2 beds occupied on December 20, the occupancy rose to around 1,000, while O2 bed residence jumped from 200 to 1,000, but saw swimming after January 5 while, less than ten percent of the ICU bed was occupied by a house City illness.