KATHMANDU: A 65-year-old man was airlifted to Nepal Medicity Hospital in Kathmandu from Pokhara on Sunday after he found it difficult to breathe. According to Raj Rana, 10 to 12 critically ill patients of Corona are coming from outside the valley daily for treatment. "Only yesterday, Medicity rescued three critically ill patients from outside Kathmandu by helicopter," he said.
According to him, apart from helicopters, the number of patients coming by ambulance has also increased. He said that 60 percent of the ICUs are full and 20 to 25 percent of those undergoing PCR in the hospital are positive. Dr. Raj said that an average of 55 to 60 people is being treated in the hospital for ICU and ward covid patients.
According to him, even the patients who do not show any symptoms for regular surgery are showing positive results. 'Patients have come from both inside and outside the valley. Patients are coming from Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dhangadhi, and other places by ambulance, plane, and helicopter, 'he said.
Not only Medicity but all government and private hospitals in the Valley are facing increasing patient pressure. The number of critically ill patients coming from outside the valley by plane and helicopter is also increasing. ICUs and ventilators are almost filling all the hospitals.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 741 people are being treated in ICUs and 186 people are being treated on ventilators across the country. Similarly, there are 32,907 people in home isolation and 3,381 people in institutional isolation across the country. The highest number of 14,986 people are in institutional isolation in Bagmati and 1,634 people are in institutional isolation. The number of people seeking treatment in ICU and ventilators is higher in Bagmati. Currently, 458 people are undergoing treatment in ICU and 109 on a ventilator.
Dhumbarahisthiti Hams Hospital Director Dr. According to Jyotindra Sharma, dozens of people have been calling daily to get information about the availability of ICU beds. Currently, the ICU bed of the hospital is full. "Every day 4-5 phones are brought from outside the valley by helicopter or ambulance," he said. "But, we don't have empty ICU beds."
Although the hospital has kept 19 patients with Covid-19 in 20 ICU beds due to overcrowding, only 12 of them have been allocated for the infected. According to Dr. Sharma, the number of non-cowardly patients has also increased.
One of the many corona infections being treated in the valley is the government hospital Tribhuvan Teaching Hospital. The covid coordinator of this hospital, Dr. According to Sant Kumar Das, patients from both inside and outside the valley are coming to the hospital for treatment. Now it is the same coming from both sides, 'he said.
According to him, people have been admitted to the hospital due to overcrowding at the vaccination center. "The government has set up many vaccination centers now. As far as Asti, many came infected within 4-5 days of vaccination. People got infected while sitting in line, 'said Dr. Das said that most of the patients being treated in the ICU are over 50 patients.
Similarly, the pressure of patients is increasing in another government hospital Patan. The director of the hospital, Dr. According to Ravi Shakya, the family is now infected and coming for admission. 'The ICU is also almost packed. We are currently treating 258 patients with covidosis, ”he said.
Similarly, the number of cochlear patients has also increased at the Shukraraj Tropical and Communicable Diseases Hospital in Teku. The ICU beds are all packed. The director of the hospital, Dr. Anup Bastola, said that all the patients coming from outside the Kathmandu Valley come in serious condition. According to him, those who have been vaccinated have also become infected. "The ministry is doing sero-prevention to see how many people have been infected in the second wave," he said. Also, how many people have been vaccinated shows where we are going, 'he said.
According to the ministry's data on Monday, 23 people are being treated in the 35-capacity ICU of Veer Hospital and seven in a 10-bed ventilator. Similarly, 176 Kovid patients are being treated at the Armed Police Force Hospital, Balambu. The hospital is also packed with ventilators and ICUs. Sixteen people are being treated in the 20-bed ICU and seven in the nine-bed ventilator.
