Bed capacity of South Goa District hospital to be increased by 200 beds: Vishwajit

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Oct 9, 2020, 5:12 PM IST

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Bed capacity of South Goa District hospital to be increased by 200 beds: Vishwajit

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Health Minister Vishwajit Rane announced the intention of his department to further enhance the bed capacity of the South Goa District Hospital by another 200 beds.

Rane was speaking at the launch of the “Home Isolation Monitoring Kit” in Panaji. He said that around 3,500 patients who are under home isolation stand to benefit from this initiative.

“As of today around 750 patients are taking treatment at Covid Hospitals, around 600 are housed at Covid Care Centres while around 3500 are under home isolation,” he stated while adding that Goa Electronics Ltd has been roped in to digitize the records of all home isolating patients.

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Home isolation monitoring kit will help reduce mortality rate: Dr Bandekar

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Published Oct 9, 2020, 5:10 PM IST

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Home isolation monitoring kit will help reduce mortality rate: Dr Bandekar

PANAJIDean of Goa Medical College and Hospital Dr S M Bandekar on Friday stated that the decision to distribute home isolation monitoring kits to all Covid-19 patients under home isolation is aimed at reducing the mortality rate in Goa.Speaking at the official launch of the kit, Dr Bandekar stated, “We have over 37,000 confirmed cases so far and cases are rising. Home isolation would be the game changer for Goa. Some patients report very late to the hospital. They should be…