AIIMS-Patna 4th dedicated Covid-19 hospital in Bihar

PATNA: AIIMS-Patna has been declared the fourth dedicated Covid-19 hospital in Bihar. State health department on Friday issued an order and instructed all the government hospitals to reserve 50% of the beds or at least 100 beds for corona patients. At present, NMCH, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH) at Bhagalpur and ANMMCH at Gaya were the three dedicated Covid-19 hospitals in Bihar with 2,344 beds.
The decision was taken after the recent spike in Covid cases in Bihar. Till Friday, state recorded 14,330 corona patients, of which 3,966 were still under treatment.
A letter issued by state health department additional secretary Kaushal Kishore said the decision about AIIMS-P was taken after a proposal and recommendation in this regard from the hospital’s superintendent and with the approval of state health minister. Kishore also asked AIIMS-P administration to take decision regarding non-Covid patients admitted there and how to reduce their number.
AIIMS-P superintendent Dr CK Singh said the non Covid-19 patients would stay till they recovered and discharged. “New patients suffering from other diseases will not be admitted,” he said and added that the hospital had total 960 beds.
AIIMS-P nodal officer incharge for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, said 400 beds were already reserved for Covid-19 patients.
Health department principal secretary Udai Singh Kumawat, in a letter on Friday, directed the principals and superintendents of nine government medical college and hospitals to create an isolation ward with 50% of the beds for Covid-19 patients.
Health department has also tagged 38 districts with the nine government medical college and hospitals where treatment of seriously symptomatic Covid-19 persons will be done. For example, patients from Patna, Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj will be treated at PMCH and those from Bhojpur, Buxar, Rohtas and Kaimur at NMCH, Patna.
Kumawat has asked the hospitals’ administration to identify a separate block and start the treatment of Covid-19 positive people from Saturday. He also instructed them to ensure an oxygen cylinder with all the beds immediately and arrange for clinical services, support services and human resources within a week. Instruction for a separate block has been given to so that non-Covid-19 patients do not have any threat of getting infected.
Hospitals and districts tagged
PMCH: Patna, Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj
NMCH: Bhojpur, Buxar, Vaishali, Rohtas and Kaimur
DMCH: Darbhanga, Madhubani, Samastipur, Supaul and Begusarai
JLNMCH: Bhagalpur, Banka, Munger, Khagaria, Jamui and Lakhisarai
SKMCH: Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi and Sheohar
ANMMCH: Gaya, Aurangabad, Jehanabad and Arwal
VIMS, Pawapuri: Nalanda, Nawada and Sheikhpura
GMC, Bettiah: East Champaran and West Champaran
JNKTMC, Madhepura: Saharsa, Madhepura, Purnea, Araria, Katihar and Kishanganj