Government. Hospitals are set to rise in COVID-19 cases

With increasing number of new COVID-19 infections in the city, government hospitals are in a state of readiness.

The infrastructure created was in place and hospitals are gearing up to add more facilities and manpower in terms of growth.

Major government medical college hospitals set up exclusive COVID-19 facilities last year. As the number of fresh cases began to decline, hospitals resumed their regular activities such as elective surgeries and outpatient services from October 2020.

In the last 10 days, the number of cases in Chennai was increasing. However, hospital officials said the treatment facility was intact.

At Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), Tower 3 has a special COVID-19 facility with three floors of 120 beds. Of these, 40 to 50 beds were allocated for intensive care units. “We have four wings on each floor, two for the ICU and two for patients requiring oxygen and high flow nasal cannula. The strength of the hospital’s COVID-19 bed is 1,618, “E. Thernijn, dean of RGGHH said.

On average, the COVID-19 outpatient department received 150 to 160 patients a day, while there were 184 in-patients – 111 who tested positive for COVID-19 and 73 individuals with suspected symptoms of COVID-19. “On average, we are accepting 10 to 20 COVID-19 positive patients a day,” he said. The doctors and staff nurses were adequately positioned.

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Government Medical College Hospital, Omendurar Estate, has 258 patients. Among them, 178 were positive for COVID-19.

“We are in a state of preparedness. We did not destroy the infrastructure designed for COVID-19. Already, 550 beds were allocated for COVID-19. We have 300 beds and will grow [their number] When required. We have COVID-19 facility in Tower 2, while Tower 3 has two floors available. We activated our operation theater and all other non-COVID activities. When needed, we can gradually increase non-COVID activities, ”R. Jayanti, the hospital’s dean, said.

He said the vaccination was going on at four sites simultaneously, involving 500 people per day. He said that people should strictly follow COVID-19 criteria such as masking, maintaining physical disturbances and hand hygiene to prevent cases, while all of them should be qualified vaccinations.

Dean of Government Stanley Medical College Hospital P.W. Balaji said that the strength of the COVID-19 bed was 1,200. “The dedicated block now continues to operate with 600 beds. We had meetings with our staff, including meetings with professors and nurses, how to be prepared if matters sprang up. We have sufficient stocks of personal protective equipment. There were 60 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

In Government Kilpuk Medical College Hospital, Dean p. Vasanthamani said that a new block is under construction. “We have 180 beds in a new block for COVID-19 patients. We plan to increase the facility when needed.