Covid patients share beds at Nagpur hospital amid case surge

2021-04-15 1

In a viral video, Covid-19 patient were seen sharing beds at Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur. This comes at a time when the country, is dealing with the second wave of coronavirus. Speaking on the matter, Dr. Avinash V Gawande, Medical Superintendent said, “It generally doesn't happen. It's a 900-bed hospital. Patients come from neighbouring districts and states. So it's important to give them oxygen quickly. We've 85-bed ward for emergency patients - acts as station before shifting patients. Sometimes several patients come simultaneously. In such situation, there might be possibility of there being 2 patients on one bed. But they're shifted within 10-15 minutes.” Maharashtra has reported over 58,000 cases on April 14.