Page 10 - Hospitals

The second wave: Covid-19 testing labs look at ways to ramp up capacity

Now demand is growing almost 100 per cent week-on-week, leading to a testing crisis, said an industry insider.

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Hospital staffer held for black marketing of antiviral drug remdesivir

An employee of a private hospital was arrested for allegedly trying to sell a vial of remdesivir injection at an exorbitant price in Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Wednesday. Based on a tip-off, a decoy customer was sent to Bhavani Peth area on Tuesday and the accused Shivaji Sawant was caught while attempting to sell a vial of remdesivir for Rs 7,000, a senior crime branch official said. Amid shortage of the anti-viral drug, cases of black marketing have been reported, in which the Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune police have already arrested some people in separate cases. The accused works as an assistant in a private hospital and was in possession of two vials, the official said. The family of a COVID-19 patient at the hospital had procured extra vials of the injection and had given it away to the hospital, and Sawant had somehow managed to get hold of two vials, which he tried to sell at an exorbitant price, he said. The accused has been arrested under relevan

Second Covid-19 wave: Hospitals running out of beds, staff overstretched

A year later, non-Covid treatments fall off priority list again

Convert some govt, private hospitals into Covid-19 facilities: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed officials to convert some government and private hospitals into dedicated COVID-19 facilities to cope with the alarming rise in the number of cases in the national capital. Terming the COVID-19 situation in Delhi "very serious", the chief minister also asked the officials to request the Centre to increase the number of beds for COVID-19 patients in its hospitals in the city, an official statement said. Kejriwal said the number of beds in government and private hospitals must be at par with that in November last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak. He also directed the officials to convert some private and government hospitals into dedicated COVID-19 facilities, according to the statement. He added that the objective of his government is to provide the best COVID-19 treatment facilities to the people of Delhi. "We will further request the central government to increase COVID beds in central government hospitals as

3 jumbo hospitals to come up in Mumbai as coronavirus situation worsens

In view of a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra government has decided to set-up three jumbo field hospitals in Mumbai in the next five-six weeks

37 doctors test positive for Covid-19 at Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital

At least 37 doctors of Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus, as per the hospital sources on Thursday

Pune authorities ramp up bed capacity as coronavirus cases continue to rise

The civic administration in Pune city on Thursday said it is constantly working to increase the bed capacity for COVID-19 patients to ensure that there is no paucity.

ICU beds: Maharashtra struggles, others fare better as Covid-19 cases rise

At Maharashtra, the epicentre of the second wave of Covid-19 in India, the health infrastructure is facing a fresh challenge as cases multiply

Beds capacity at Delhi's pvt hospitals escalated from 15% to 25%: Jain

As Covid cases continue to surge in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the number of beds in private hospitals has been increased from 15% to 25%

Sharad Pawar discharged from hospital, condition stable: NCP leader

Pawar recently underwent a procedure for a gall bladder issue

Delhi sees 3,594 fresh cases of coronavirus, records 14 more deaths

Delhi recorded 3,594 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year, while 14 more people died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 11,050

Second Covid-19 wave: Lessons from last year in mind, hospitals prepare

Civic corporations in Maharashtra are ramping up hospital beds even as health minister Rajesh Tope said there was no bed shortage

Delhi govt to review ICU beds' shortage in Covid facilities: Satyendar Jain

Jain's statement came amid reports that some private hospitals in Delhi were facing a shortage of ICU beds

Second Covid wave: Delhi hospitals run short of ICU beds with ventilators

All ICU beds with ventilators in the Central government's Northern Railway hospital are occupied

ICU cases in French hospitals creep toward new peak amid Covid-19 surge

Hospitals stopped treating many non-Covid-19 patients to avoid becoming completely overwhelmed

Maharashtra CM Uddhav assures strict action in hospital fire, announces aid

Thackeray said the fire did not break out in the hospital, but at some office or shop situated below it

Bombay HC allows use of hospital basement to provide additional beds

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday nightgranted permission to the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) here touse its basement to accommodate additional COVID-19 patients. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Avinash Garote passed the order in view of the sudden spurt in new cases in the city. The government pleader told the court that owing to the high court's earlier order, additional beds could not be placed in the basement, and around 50 patients were waiting to be admitted at the hospital.

Mumbai hospitals stare at bed crunch amid spike in Covid-19 cases

As Covid cases rise, pvt hospitals say situation could get critical in 2 weeks if momentum continues

Hospitals 'profiteering' by selling Remdesivir at printed rate: Maharashtra

Several hospitals in Maharashtra have been recovering the printed price of Remdesivir injections, used for COVID-19 treatment, from the patients and making profit, officials said on Thursday. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has now proposed to the Center that the printed retail price on the injection be lowered to avoid patients getting overcharged. The FDA and Medical Education and Drugs departments held joint meetings in this regard last week, an official statement said. It came to light that hospitals are recovering the printed price or MRP from patients. "Since February this year, the printed price on the 100 mg Remdesivir was not reduced though the actual selling price by wholesalers to hospitals was brought down by the state government. "However, most of the hospitals were found quoting the printed price to the patients which was 10 to 30 per cent higher (than the procurement cost)," it said. Hospitals were thus found to be "profiteering", the governme