Ludhiana: The health crisis that arises because of the rupture of the 3rd wave of Covid-19 may lead to the worst in Ludhiana.
In addition to a large surge in cases, there are bursts in serious patients, including those who carry out ventilator support, in hospitals throughout the district.
As now, Ludhiana has the highest number of patients in the intensive care unit (ICUS) among all districts in Punjab.
According to data until Tuesday night there were 34 patients in an icus (without ventilator) in the district of only two such cases at 2.
Jalandhar second in the list with 24 patients in an icus.
In 16 of the 23 districts, no patients in the ICU (with ventilators) according to the report.
The report also revealed that Ludhiana’s serious patients were 37.4% of such a total case (91) in an icus (without ventilator) in Punjab.
At present, there are three patients in an icus with ventilator support in Ludhiana.
No patient needed ventilator support on 2.
January Ludhiana has the second highest patient in the ventilator after Amritsar, which has seven patients like that.
Bathinda shared a second place with Ludhiana.
As many as 20 districts do not have patients in ventilator support.
The total number of patients in Punjab in ICU (ventilator support) reached 13.
Data also revealed that Ludhiana had 70 patients in oxygen support, to seven patients on 2.
This January, second Ludhiana after Jalandhar (101).
Patiala is third in the list with 23 farmers who need oxygen support.
The state has 247 patients in oxygen support.
Epidemiologists at the Health Department Dr.
Prabhleen said that if a patient was received in the ICU, it did not always mean that each of them would need ventilator support.
He added that patients who need oxygen support are those who level saturation down, and when saturation decreases outside a certain level, the patient can develop other complications.
He said there was no indication that it was omikron which caused a surge in the case and it could be a Delta variant also behind the surge.