PATNA:
Patna DM Dr
Chandrashekhar Singh on Saturday inaugurated a 200-bed dedicated Covid healthcare centre (DCHC) with oxygen facilities in the building of Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation at
Kangan Ghat in Patna City.
Since the number of Covid patients requiring hospitalisation is very less, only 80 beds have been made functional at the centre.
The DM said the city now has three DCHCs, including the two already set up at
Hotel Patliputra Ashok and Patliputra Sports Complex.
The three DCHCs together have 345 beds. Of them, only five beds were occupied by Covid patients on Saturday.
Several government hospitals and medical college and hospitals in the city also have sizeable number of beds reserved for Covid patients.
“The highest number of daily positive cases in the district during the second wave was recorded at 5,387 on May 3 last year against around 2,200 so far in the third wave. Likewise, the total number of one-day active cases during the second wave had reached 32,182 on May 8 last year. However, it was about 14,000 in the current wave,” he added.
“These figures indicate that Covid situation in Patna is not out of control. Most patients are in home isolation and mobile medical units are making medicines available to them,” the DM said, adding people should continue wearing masks and maintaining
Covid-appropriate behaviour at public places.