Most patients in Pune’s private hospitals from Ahmednagar and Solapur

PUNE: Not just the state-run Sassoon hospital, but Pune’s private hospitals too are treating a sizable number of Covid patients from Ahmednagar and Solapur, most of who are young and unvaccinated.
At the Sassoon hospital, about 40% of the Covid patients are from Ahmednagar alone. “Almost 50% of our Covid patients are from the rural as well as the city areas of Ahmednagar, Solapur and their adjoining areas like Akluj and Pandharpur.These patients get referred to hospitals in Pune for higher treatment. We are seeing the referrals from the two districts for over one-and-a-half months now,” said Noble hospital’s infectious diseases expert Ameet Dravid.
The Noble hospital currently has 50 Covid patients admitted at its set up in Hadapsar. “After Ahmednagar, we have maximum patients from Solapur. A majority of these outstation patients are aged below 50 years and are unvaccinated. The flow of these patients has increased in the last few days,” Dravid said.
Quite a few of these patients are also from towns surrounding Ahmednagar district, including Sangamner, Akole, and Parner, Dravid said. “These patients are being treated with remdesivir, steroids, and other supportive treatment. Critical patients are being treated with tocilizumab. There is no shortage of any medicine for now,” he said.
Confirming, Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital’s chief intensivist Prasad Rajhans said, “We have 62 Covid patients undergoing treatment at our hospital. We get patients from all over Pune and adjoining areas.”
Jitendra Oswal, deputy medical director, Bharati hospital, said, “Most admitted Covid patients undergoing care at our hospital are from the rural parts.”
Currently, Ahmednagar has the third highest number of active cases after Pune and Mumbai. On Wednesday, Ahmednagar district reported 347 new Covid cases.