This story is from July 25, 2020

Sick from districts swarm Hyderabad for Covid care

Sick from districts swarm Hyderabad for Covid care
Patients wait for their turn at a hospital in Hyderabad.
HYDERABAD: Even as the government announced that it will ramp up testing and make all efforts to strengthen primary health centres, many from districts are still coming to the city to get treated for coronavirus.
Sidhartha Namburi, a resident of Warangal, brought his 53-year-old father to a private hospital in Somajiguda this week. He alleges that MGM Hospital back home refused to carry out a test.
“As dad started feeling breathless and could barely walk, we decided to get him to the city immediately. A test showed he was Covid-19 positive,” said Namburi.
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A resident of Kothawada said: “Even though some private hospitals in Warangal have been given permission to admit Covid patients, many are not accepting serious cases as they do not have the expertise and do not want to harm their image.” Citing a similar experience, P Santosh Kumar, from Namdevwada in Nizamabad, brought his mother to the city two days ago. “On the July 17, my mother started struggling to breathe. We took her to a facility in Khaleelwadi where a CT scan showed she had pneumonia. We rushed her to the city where she tested positive and was admitted to Gandhi Hospital.”
From the same district, Ch Sudheer said his mother was admitted on Monday at Nizamabad Government Hospital. “Till now we have not got confirmation whether she is Covid positive or not,” he says. Unwilling to wait, many prefer bringing their loved ones to the city, travelling from as far as Mancherial. “As soon as my father tested positive, we drove him to Hyderabad. We did not want to take a chance considering his age,” said a resident of Bellampalli, on condition of anonymity, adding his father has been admitted at a private hospital here. Just a day before, health minister Eatala Rajender urged people to visit nearest PHC in case they developed symptoms. He said that the PHCs have been well-equipped to carry out Covid-19 tests.
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