Oximeters pilfered from Chittoor COVID hospital
The Hindu
Thermal guns, humidifers also taken away by patients, say officials
Medical devices have been going missing from the wards of the District COVID Hospital here in the past couple of weeks. The district headquarters hospital was transformed into a COVID hospital last year at a time when COVID cases were on a sharp rise in the western mandals. In the first wave, the hospital was more of a COVID Care Centre with ICU facility. However, devices such as pulse oximeters, humidifiers, oxygen concentrators and ventilator beds shot up in demand only during the second wave, prompting hospital authorities to either purchase the devices in bulk or seek donations to buy them in order to treat the endless influx of patients flowing into the hospital beginning in May.More Related News
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