MARGAO
Margao registered a massive spike in COVID cases in the last 24 hours, with a whopping 182 Covid cases being reported in the jurisdiction of the Margao Urban Health centre on Monday.
Given the situation and with bed shortage staring at the administration and the patients, the ESI hospital has enhanced the bed capacity to 190 from 150 today.
This is perhaps the first time in the second Covid wave that the Margao Urban Health jurisdiction has witnessed a huge spike of 182 cases in a single day. The number of cases reported in the city on Monday were put at 1,418 as against 1,236 reported on Sunday, a spike of 182 cases.
While reports of a couple of Margao Municipal candidates and their supporters testing positive are coming in during the last two days, officials pointed out that the available infrastructure and logistics have failed to keep pace with the growing requirements.
Meanwhile, the ESI hospital, Margao which was asked to enhance the bed capacity by 30 beds by the Dean of Goa Medical College and hospital has increase the bed capacity to 190.
While the beds are being kept ready at the hospital, the ESI management is awaiting the deployment of doctors and para-medic staff to take care of the increased load of patients.
ESI hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Vishwajit Faldesai, however, has said that the officials and staff on duty has been instructed to admit patients late night in the hospital even though the additional manpower will come only tomorrow.
“Since we have made arrangements for additional 40 beds in the hospital, our existing staff will take care of any patients who are admitted in the hospital late tonight”, he said, while expressing hope that the additional manpower will assume duties on Tuesday.
