Thiruvananthapuram: Minister of Health Vena George has denied reports that hospitals face a shortage of acute beds after increasing Covid-19 cases in the state.
He said the only concern factor for the health department was that more health service workers were infected in the third wave.
The minister said that only 43% of ICU beds used in the country, and similar were situations in its use of ventilators.
Only 13% of ventilators in the state have been occupied.
The Minister has urged not to create panic among people by providing wrong and unfounded reports.
As a precaution, the government has added 222 more ventilator facilities, 239 ICUS and 15,688 additional beds to meet any emergency.
If needed more beds and ICU beds will increase in hospitals.
All prevention measures have been taken in such a way that there is no non-covid treatment affected.
All emergency cases are being attended and it has been confirmed that there is no treatment that is rejected to any patient in the state.
All such reports that non-covid treatment has been influenced in many large state hospitals is truly unfounded, he said.
The function of the hospital has been affected because more and more health workers are infected.
Therefore it was decided to recruit more people temporarily for Covid care at a government hospital, the Minister of Health said.
Hospitals have been asked to be careful to prevent the spread of Covid-19 cases in hospitals because more health workers are affected now.
Hospitals are also asked to do the right disinfection work regularly in the environment and hospital places, he added.
Hospitals are also asked to prevent meetings in OPS and strictly follow one bystander policy for each patient in the ward.
No shortage of beds in Thiruvananthapuram: On January 23, 47% of the total beds in government hospitals and 43% of the total beds in blank private hospitals.
Also, 44% of ICs in the Government sector and 38% of Icus in the private sector lay empty, and 87% of ventilators in government hospitals and 53% in private hospitals also lie * on January 23, in medical college hospitals, total number of places Blank oxygen sleep is 52.
The total number of Covid Ides is 21 and 18 is occupied now.
The total ventilator stored for Covid patients is 19, which is only five occupied.
In public hospitals, of a total of 25 ICU beds are stored for covid patients, 16 occupied now.
Of the 15 ventilators, only one occupied.
The Minister of Health replied to the Hompon report to face the shortcomings of acute beds
