Victoria Hospital emergency ward crowded due to non-COVID patient flow
The Hindu
Hospital authorities plan to shift COVID-19 patients from TECC to other hospitals
The State-run Victoria Hospital, affiliated to Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), which was a dedicated COVID-19 facility till June, now has a rush of patients seeking non-COVID services. The patient flow is heavy in the emergency and casualty triage areas, especially on holidays when many are referred from other hospitals to Victoria, resulting in a shortage of beds.
Following this, hospital authorities are now contemplating freeing up the Trauma and Emergency Care Centre (TECC) for non-COVID. “We have only 30 COVID patients in the TECC and they can be shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) or Charaka super-speciality hospital (affiliated to Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College Hospital) so that TECC can be completely utilised for non-COVID purposes,” said Ramesh Krishna K., Medical Superintendent of Victoria Hospital.
On Friday, there was chaos at the hospital following a rush of patients at the emergency and casualty triage areas. Nearly 80 patients turned up at the emergency in the evening as all out-patient departments close at 4 p.m. On account of Vijayadashami, which is a holiday, many patients were referred from district hospitals and the rains added to the problem.