Study reveals Pune COVID patients spend more on ventilators than anywhere else

  • | Wednesday | 2nd December, 2020

The average length of stay for patients in Pune is higher than Mahrashtra’s or India’s averages, according to a study of the number of days COVID patients spent on ventilators in ICUs. 

The average length of stay for patients in Pune is higher than Mahrashtra’s or India’s averages, according to a study of the number of days COVID patients spent on ventilators in ICUs. On average, a critical patient is spending 8.8 days in the ICU in the city hospitals. 

The case fatality rate in the Pune district is the same as the national average but lower than Maharashtra’s. A Covid patient will stay longer on a ventilator in an ICU as compared to other health issues as recovery is tougher, according to doctors.

Dr H.K. Sale, executive director of Noble Hospitals told the Hindustan Times, “We have had patients who were on ventilators for almost 90 days, or in one case, for 43 days on an invasive ventilator and then 11 days on a non-invasive ventilator. The first patient could not survive while the second patient was discharged. We have observed that once a Covid patient enters the critical phase, it is difficult for the person to recover. We had a patient who landed at the hospital in a critical condition and had to be admitted right away to the ICU. In the case of other infections, we have multiple sources of treatment and background information which we do not have in the case of Covid.”

The average duration of stay, in a number of days, on a ventilator in the Pune district is 7.5 days. It is 5.5 days for Maharashtra and almost 7 days for India, according to the analysis. The average duration of stay for patients who went into isolation is 8.5 days in the city, 7.8 days for Maharashtra’s average, and 8.4 days for India’s average.


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