MARGAO
Perhaps for the first time since the deadly second wave triggered a surge in Covid cases, the South Goa district hospital and the ESI hospital have managed to breathe easy since the last two days.
Reason: If doctors are to be believed, not a single patient is undergoing treatment on the mattresses in the hospital for the last two days. That’s not all. The bed occupancy is pegged around 480, indicating that around 23 beds are available for occupation in the district hospital.
At the nearby ESI hospital, close to 50 beds were available in the hospital on Tuesday evening, indicating a slight improvement in the situation.
South Goa district hospital Nodal Officer, Dr Rajesh Patil informed that not a single patient is occupying a mattress since the last two days. The district hospital’s bed capacity is officially pegged at 503, but the hospital had even given admissions to 530 patients earlier this month by accommodating them on mattresses. “We could not find any patient undergoing treatment on the mattress during the last two days. As on Tuesday evening, the district hospital had around 480 patients. Officially, we have around 23 beds available for patients who come to the hospital late night,” Dr Patil said.
He said the situation in the casualty also improved in the last 3-4 days with a drop in the patients visiting the casualty and the OPD.
ESI Medical Superintendent Dr Vishwajit Faldesai said around 206 patients are undergoing treatment at the hospital on Tuesday. The ESI hospital recoded 37 new admissions, while around 30 patients were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday. “There’s a slight change in the situation in respect of people rushing to the hospital and the casualty,” Dr Faldesai said.
Both the district hospital and the ESI hospital had adequate supply of oxygen for the patients. Around 130 patients in the ESI hospital are on oxygen. Dr Faldedsai said there are no issues at least for the moment vis-Ã -vis oxygen supply.
Dr Rajesh Patil on the other hand, pointed out that the district hospital is now using more liquid oxygen than the cylinders to meet the requirements. “Yesterday, the district hospital used around 5,700 litres of liquid oxygen. We were less dependent on the oxygen trolleys since tankers refill the oxygen plant throughout the day,” he added.
