Bihar: Control rooms set up at NMCH and PMCH as Covid-19 tally up to 28,564

PATNA: Covid control rooms were set up at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) and Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) for the redressal of public grievances as 1,109 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in state, taking the tally up to 28,564 on Tuesday. Eleven more Covid deaths in the last 24 hours took the toll up to 198.
The health department on Tuesday also removed NMCH superintendent Dr Nirmal Kumar Sinha for administrative reasons.Dr Binod Kumar Singh of the paediatrics department has been given additional charge of NMCH superintendent. The action came a day after the opposition parties shared videos of a dead body lying unattended at the isolation ward of NMCH.
The health department bulletin said fresh coronavirus cases were reported from 31 districts with maximum 130 from Patna where officially 31 persons have died due to the virus so far. Other districts with large number of cases included Muzaffarpur (111), Gaya (98), Vaishali (75), Bhagalpur (81), Rohtas (61), Saharsa (47) and Buxar (46).
The control room at PMCH and NMCH is for common people to lodge complaints related to Covid-19 and give suggestions as well. Incidentally, several videos of alleged mismanagement at NMCH have been going viral on social media over the last few days.
Health minister Mangal Pandey has urged people to lodge their grievances during the treatment of their kin suffering from Covid-19. He also tweeted that people could also give suggestions related to Covid at the 24X7 control room functioning at the two hospitals in Patna.
The department has deputed two nodal officers for each control room for proper redressal of grievances of common people.
Meanwhile, as many as 1,206 people recovered from Covid-19 infection in Bihar in the last 24 hours. However, the number of active cases in state stood at 9,625. So far, 18,741 people have been discharged and the state’s recovery rate was 65.61%. Total 10,303 samples were tested at different testing facilities in Bihar in the last 24 hours.
According to the health department bulletin, among the 11 dead, three were from Patna, two each from Bhojpur and Lakhisarai and one each from Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Nalanda and Saran. Five Covid patients died at NMCH during the treatment on Tuesday.
NMCH nodal officer Dr Mukul Kumar Singh said a 53-year-old man from Mahendru and another 70-year-old from Anisabad died on Tuesday. “Both had hypertension and were admitted on July 20. The Anisabad man was also suffering from tuberculosis. Among the other deceased, one each was from Motihari, Saran and Rohtas,” he said.
Four more Covid deaths were reported from AIIMS-Patna on Tuesday. Among the deceased, three men were from Patna and one from Bhojpur. AIIMS-Patna nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar said a 58-year-old man from Gandhi Maidan, another man (62) from Gola Road and a 47-year-old from Jagdeopath in Patna besides a man (71) from Ara died due to coronavirus.