Officials at the helm of Covid-19 management in the city and district have started a massive exercise to increase the capacity of beds available to those who need to be admitted. As many as 100 new ventilators have also been installed in the city in the last couple of days.

On Friday, the city and district put together had an admission capacity of 8,347 beds including ICU beds, oxygen supply beds and mild symptomatic case beds. The capacity has been raised to 9,192 beds by Tuesday evening within five days and the number is increasing consistently. The hospitalisation also had increased from 5,651 beds to 6,507 beds in the city and district.

The major addition of beds has taken place in large medical facilities attached to education institutes. At the SSG Hospital, the bed capacity is being increased from 500 beds to 750 beds. The capacity of GMERS Hospital at Gotri has been increased from 575 to 715 bed seven as that of Parul Sevashram Hospital (PSH) has been increased from 150 beds to 300 beds. PSH will be further increasing its capacity to 500 beds soon.

The Dhiraj Hospital that has a capacity of 300 beds is ramping up its capacity to 1,000 beds in the city. Pioneer Hospital with a capacity of treating 250 patients is increasing its capacity to 500 beds.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) that has its Gujarat Refinery in Vadodara is also expected to chip in with aid for the Pioneer Hospital. “It may fund the the facility under its corporate social responsibility,” said the officer on special duty for Covid-19 Vinod Rao.

Hundred new high-end ventilators arrived in the city for use at various Covid-19 hospitals. Rao said that 50 of these will be given to government facilities while others will be given to private hospitals. Officials are laying stress on increasing ICU and oxygen beds in the city.

April 6, 2021 Progressive

East Zone: 65 4,747
West Zone: 85 5,418
North Zone: 76 6,170
South Zone: 73 5,802
Vadodara Rural: 86 8,538
Outsiders: 00 36
Total: 385 30,711
Deaths: 01 256
Discharged: 212 27,603

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