MARGAO
The first day of June has rung in good news for the healthcare workers manning the South Goa district hospital and the ESI hospital as the number of patients admitted in the two hospital have come down drastically.
Not only the admissions have come down in these hospitals, but close to 500 beds were currently available in these hospitals, 494 beds to be precise.
Sources in the know informed that unlike the past, the number of persons visiting the swab collection and testing centre also came down on Tuesday. While the district hospital reported a lone death, there was no death reported from the ESI hospital.
That’s not all. The number of patients admitted in the 235-bedded ESI hospital came down below the 100-mark on Tuesday. Statistics dished out by ESI Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Vishwajit Faldesai indicates that only 80 patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital on Tuesday, a sharp decline as well as departure from the past when patients were knocking the hospital doors for beds.
A similar situation exists at the South Goa district hospital. District hospital nodal officer, Dr Rajesh Patil informed that around 229 patients were admitted in the 568-bedded hospital as on Tuesday evening.
This is the first time since the second Covid wave had hit the State, the number of patients admitted in the district hospital has come down to 229.
He pointed out that a lone death was reported up to 2 pm on Tuesday, another death has taken place at 7 pm.
Meanwhile, Dr Vishwajit informed that the ESI hospital recorded only 18 admissions on Tuesday, while the hospital discharged around 15 patients till noon.
The condition of the patients admitted in the ESI hospital is stable, sources informed. Of the 80 patients, only 29 patients are on oxygen, while another 16 patients are on Remdesivir.
Meanwhile, the swab collection and testing centre has commenced operations at the Nehru stadium, Fatorda after the centre was shifted from the Ravindra Bhavan. The number of persons visiting the centre for the swab testing was considerably less, sources informed.
