Nagpur: With only 10 of about 150 ventilators available in working conditions for regular patients at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), a 57-year-old woman died waiting for the machine on Sunday.
GMCH authorities are late offering ventilators from 154 machines provided for covid patients, but it’s too late for that woman.
The focus on Covid-19 seems to have this patient’s cost of life because of lack of medical care on time.
According to the latest government records, tertiary care facilities have 154 ventilators stored exclusively to treat Covid-19 patients.
The doctor said concerns about cross infections prevented them from using ventilators for other patients.
There are 150 other ventilators available on paper for ordinary patients.
However, almost all of this is waiting for repairs or has been discarded, leaving burial with only 10 functional ventilators, the doctor said.
Gmch Dean Dr.
Sudhir Gupta refused to comment on both of them, the availability of ventilators and deaths.
Relatives of patients told TOI that before they could move them to another hospital that he passed in the Ward victim GMCH.
“They claim but have explained that ventilators are not available,” they said.
Patients have been taken to the city from correctly for better care and investigations after suffering paralysis.
“Where do poor patients go but a government hospital?” relative words.
GMCH did postmortem and released the body on Monday night.
The incident came forward after Activist Akshay Samarth circulated the message WhatsApp claimed “patients needed a ventilator, but they (GMCH) said that ventilators were not available.
Anything can help” on Sunday night.
On Monday, Samarth said, “Within minutes from my request, GMCH agreed to provide a ventilator but he died before that.
His condition deteriorated when relatives had delayed him to the GMCH.” Doctor GMCH recognizes that the patient’s rush increase and regular operation has been Causes equipment deficiencies.
“We have started using Covid wards, because they are empty, to accommodate other patients.
There is no point in keeping this environment close and send back other patients,” they said.
Doctors added, “Maintenance of ventilators, oxygen ports, beds, electrical fittings, AC is ongoing.
This ward will be emptied if the Covid case is soaring.
At present, only 10 ventilators are functioning in the non-covid ward.
More than 100 ventilators no Used, with some necessary improvements, some parts are not available, and some are discarded.
Therefore it is difficult to set aside the immediate ventilator at the time of the arrival of a patient.
Using a covid ventilator for risky non-covid patients.
They can cause infection.
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