INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nellore: Confronted with lack of beds in healthcare facilities and mounting pressure from sick people for admissions, the district
administration has actually formed special groups-- discharge audit groups-- to examine and persuade the treated clients, some of whom
hesitate to leave health centers on one pretext or another, to either go house or shift to Covid care centres.The move is implied to avoid
overstay and guarantee admission to critically ill clients
In fact, medical and income authorities manning the Covid medical facilities remain in a fix over dealing with the heavy pressure for
admission as new clients are showing up in droves at medical facilities every day
The clients who have recovered are resisting moves to release them as they fear recurrence of symptoms and even a possible drop in oxygen
saturation levels after going house, a medical officer said
He stated that the insistence of such clients to stay back even after recovery has actually been denying care to new clients in important
condition.Taking a note of the circumstance, District Collector K.V.N
Chakradhar Babu has actually formed discharge audit teams at GGH and Narayana General Hospitals in the city to recognize those in-patients
doing well and take actions to release them
The teams have actually been informed to shift the patients hesitant to go home to Covid care centres which are geared up with oxygen
concentrators to deal with emergency situations
The teams have actually been asked to carry out audits in the morning and at night to speed up the discharges and increase the number of
admissions.The Collector also formed 3 groups with 3 medical professionals each and directed them to be present in the wards in turns
throughout nights to contain the death rate which is high during nights
The groups likewise ought to check the supply of medications and drugs being offered to the clients and offer feedback straight to the
Collector in case of any lapses.Sharing the information with Deccan Chronicle, Chakradhar Babu said he had actually likewise formed oxygen
audit groups to cut wastage and conserve valuable life-saving oxygen
We have actually asked the groups to provide information of ward-wise requirement of oxygen and actual energy to examine the volume of
misuse and take therapeutic actions on a war-footing, he noted
He thanked the Director of Satish Dhawan Area Centre and Chairman of ISRO for dispatching 12 tonnes of oxygen on Wednesday, following his
request pointing out the precarious situation in personal hospitals
Oxygen had been distributed to 15 private health centers in Nellore, the Collector informed.
