Gandhi hospital to reduce non covid cases amid rising second covid-19 wave

Of late Greater Hyderabad Zone recorded more than 100 cases – 103 cases on Monday at an unprecedentedly high rate.

In this view, Health officials have insisted individuals to use safety precautions. Dr GS Rao, Director of Public Health, stated though no proposal for a lockdown or night curfew is being decided, the people, nonetheless, should take safety measures such as wearing masks, maintaining social distance and avoiding travel.

“We now have a year of experience in dealing with COVID-19. For our attempts to be successful, people should cooperate with us. The State is also planning to boost the number of vaccination sites to ensure a large part of the population gets immunised against COVID-19,” Dr Rao, said,

With this, there had been high alert in health machinery in Hyderabad hospitals. Trusted sources revealed that in Gandhi Hospital, which was once the prime site for COVID-19 treatment, a close monitoring is being made by officials on admissions of critical COVID-19 cases and accordingly, reduce the number of non-COVID-19 elective cases (care planned in advance) and surgeries.

Despite the centre provided nearly 10,000 oxygen beds ready for COVID-19 operations across all government hospitals, the department is still being vigilant without leaving it to chance. They have already distributed 3000 oxygen cylinders. With the second wave rising across the nation Gandhi Hospital, which treats COVID-19 cases may witness a rise in admissions of critical COVID-19 cases.