MARGAO
A total of 120 beds were available at the two Covid hospitals in South Goa -- the district hospital and the ESI hospital, Margao on Wednesday, bringing a sigh of relief to the health care workers battling Covid infections.
This is perhaps the first time since the second wave has hit the state that as many as 120 beds have been found vacant as at 2 pm on Wednesday.
The South Goa district hospital which just three days ago had accommodated patients on the mattresses for want of beds as all the 503 beds were fully occupied by patients, reported around 80 beds vacant on Wednesday.
District hospital medical Superintendent Dr Deepa Corriea informed that around 426 patients were admitted in the hospital as on 2 pm on Wednesday. “There were around 80 beds available in the district hospital on Wednesday. Let us wait and see the situation unfolding at night”, Dr Corriea said.
At the neighbouring ESI hospital, Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Vishwajit Faldesai said around 42 beds were available on Wednesday. The number of patients admitted in the ESI hospital was also less with close to 50 beds were lying vacant on Tuesday.
A senior health official said the reduction in the admissions coupled with the availability of beds in the two major Covid hospitals is a good news for the health administrators, including health care workers.
While the authorities are analyzing the reduction in the Covid cases in the last three days, health care workers pointed out that the availability of beds will give a relief to patients struggling to get a bed in the Covid hospital.
Take the case of the ESI hospital. The total number of patients admitted in the hospital was pegged at 193 on Wednesday noon. While around 30 new patients were given admissions in the hospital, the total number of patients discharged from the ESI hospital was put at 38.
Around 139 patients are presently put on oxygen, while another 25 patients have been administered Remdesivir treatment.
The ESI hospital had augmented the bed strength from 220 to 235 at the height of the second Covid wave. Presently, around 42 beds are available in the hospital.
SGDH officials say no deaths as a result of oxygen leakage
MARGAO: The South Goa district hospital authorities have on Wednesday asserted there have been no deaths at the district hospital as a consequence of leakage of oxygen that occurred on May 11 night.
South Goa district hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Deepa Correia and district hospital Nodal officer Dr Rajesh Patil further refuted the allegations of lack of lubricants and anticonvulsant drugs in the hospital as not true as adequate supply is there in the SGDH pharmacy.
In response to a “mischievous” and “malicious” article titled "Situation worse in SGDH" by anonymous government doctor, Dr Correia and Dr Patil have asserted that the hospital do not have its own oxygen concentrator plant as of date.
“The leak that occurred on 11/05/2021 night was in the liquid oxygen storage tank. The leak occured at 11.30 pm and was attended to by technicians under the supervision of Senior Officers”, the duo said.
They added: Since the tank was full and leak was minimal, the experts deemed it safe to wait till morning to seal the leak. Oxygen trolleys were on standby and at no time, there was any risk of oxygen supply to the wards. Technical staff was to be flown in from Delhi by 5.30 am flight to attend the leak”.
Asserting at no time was there any drop in oxygen pressure or decrease in supply of oxygen to any of the Wards and that the leak was attended to and tank completely repaired, Dr Correia and Dr Patil said
there have been no deaths at SGDH as a consequence of leak of oxygen.
“The allegation of lack of lubricants and anticonvulsant drugs in the hospital is not true as adequate supply is there in the SGDH pharmacy. Adequate police force is posted at SGDH to counter any assault on health care worker”, they added.
