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50 pc COVID patients in GMCH on oxygen

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: February 23, 2021 11:00 PM

Aurangabad, Feb 23:A total of 50 per cent patients out of total admitted to Government Medical College and ...

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Aurangabad, Feb 23:

A total of 50 per cent patients out of total admitted to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are on oxygen.

Nearly 127 patients were admitted to GMCH while 50 pc of them are on oxygen.

The Super Speciality block building of GMCH has 248 beds. If the number of patients increases, the new patients will be treated at the Medicine Department.

The GMCH has 350 'remdesivir' injections.

Dean Dr Kanan Yelikar said that they would receive 1600 more injections. A total of 450 patients were treated in the Government hospital during the COVID peak period.

The GMCH has 96 ICU beds and 96 ventilators. The super-speciality block has 248 oxygen beds and 50 ICU beds.

All the 1177 non-COVID beds have patients currently.

There is a need for 155 employees for pandemic patient’s treatment. A decision on increasing employees strength would be taken in two days. The administration said that they had sufficient facilities presently.

Tags: Government Medical CollegeMedicine DepartmentAnantapur government general hospitalGmch
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