Kolkata: Even the committee appointed by the State Government has begun to examine the profile of Covid ICU patients in Kolkata’s illness – many of them are accepted for comorbidity and tested positively on arrival – Some private hospitals are ready to expand their critical care units to ensure that covid patients are seriously ill Not seized high intensity treatment.
While the committee has been asked to check and suggest if those who have symptoms of mild covid can be treated in non-covid wards if their main disease is not triggered by a virus, a hospital wary of positive mixing with negatives.
Most say they will avoid taking risks and prefer to add more critical covid beds.
“Rather infected heart patients cannot be placed in the non-covid ICU at this stage.
There is no guarantee that he will not infect fellow patients for who covid symptoms can be fatal.
We must accept that every ICU patient is serious,” said the head of the hospital .
At the RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS), for example, 40 ICU beds added.
RTIICs currently has 111 beds for covid with 48 beds in critical care.
“Out of 48 beds, 39 is now occupied by constant numbers since the last three days.
But to overcome the future surge, we plan to increase 40 beds in critical covid care from Monday.
This will help in accommodating Covid patients Received in hospitals in critical conditions, “said RTIICS ZONAL HEAD R VENKATESH.
Greamveshosterals will be under pressure for some time.
The problem is that many health workers will be on sick leave at the same time when the hospital admission will be near the peak.
Hospital management must see stop-gap, emergency arrangements; None of them might be ideal but, hopefully, they will help install in situations.
He added that a large number of ICU patients tested Covid positive in hospitals and treated for other diseases.
Peerless Hospital plans to add an ICU Covid eight beds to 11 existing beds.
The hospital has 79 covid patients.
“While many of our covid patients are tested positively on entrance tickets and having mild symptoms, we will continue to treat them in critical care settings.
If the number of people who are responded to other primary diseases, we will continue to expand it to accommodate all positive covids,” said CEO of Sudipta Mitra.
Belle Vue Clinic, which now has 70 covid beds including 33 ICU, preparing to add 10 other critical treatment beds.
“If the government suggests caring for a mild covid patient in a non-covid ward, our doctor will analyze it and receive the phone,” said CEO P Tondaon.
Woodlands Hospital plans to add a 12 bed ICU next week to meet increasing demand, said Rupali Basu, MD & CEO.
The Amri Hospital has lifted its ICU bed from 60 weeks ago to 128 now.
It also plans to add at least 10 SDU beds (step down units) for critical covid patients who are not accepted by comorbidity in the Dhakuria unit.
“Now there is a dominance of patients with comorbidity which coincidentally tested the positive covid.
So, we filter the situation and will continue to add critical and SDU beds so that there is enough space for those who need entrance tickets especially for Covid,” CEO Amr Robe Barua said.