Not many opting for oxygenated beds at COVID-19 Care Centres
The Hindu
Nearly 70% of beds are unoccupied
A fortnight ago, 27-year-old Padmavathi, who had COVID-19, found herself struggling to breathe late at night. Her blood oxygen saturation levels had dropped, but she could not find a hospital bed. “I was referred by a friend to a COVID-19 Care Centre (CCC) run by the BBMP where oxygen concentrators were available. I walked in and was administered oxygen, and taken good care of. The next day, I got a bed in a hospital,” she said. Padmavathi was in the ICU for a week, recovered, and was discharged recently. “It was timely care and oxygen given at the CCC that saved my life,” she recounted with gratitude. However, even while people are desperately seeking admission in hospitals, a large number of oxygenated beds at the civic body’s CCCs remain unoccupied. Of the 1,000-odd oxygenated beds at 49 CCCs and triage centres, more than 700 were vacant on Friday evening. This is in line with the low occupancy rate at CCCs, which is just over 30%.More Related News
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