Madukkarai GH rises to the occasion
The Hindu
Hospital administration increases the number of oxygen beds from two to 60 in two weeks
Before the COVID-19 pandemic saw its peak in Coimbatore district recently, the Madukkarai Government Hospital was functioning with 30 beds out of which only two had oxygen support. Over a period of two weeks, the hospital administration turned the taluk-level facility into COVID-19 treatment centre by increasing the number of beds to 60, all with oxygen support. “When COVID-19 cases were seeing an alarming rise, we approached Civil Supplies Minister R. Sakkarapani and sought permission to convert the GH into a COVID-19 treatment centre. With the guidance and support of District Collector S. Nagarajan, we could quickly convert the GH to a hospital with full oxygen beds. This could reduce the flow of patients from the region to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, ESI Hospital and other hospitals. A triage centre has also been set up,” said D. Kannan Maharaj, Chief Medical Officer, Madukkarai GH.More Related News
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