Other government hospitals too gear up to treat patients as cases spike in district
With COVID-19 cases soaring in the district, taluk hospitals and other major government hospitals are now gearing up to treat COVID-19 patients.
Health officials had asked taluk hospitals to set aside about 20 to 30 beds each to treat category B patients, said a doctor at the Angamaly taluk hospital.
Of the 200 beds for category B patients at the second-line treatment centre (SLTC) at Adlux, Angamaly, about 160 are occupied now, she said.
With the increase in cases, it becomes necessary to prepare to treat COVID-19 patients at taluk hospitals and other major hospitals in the district too, she said.
While the Angamaly taluk hospital does not have enough space to set up a COVID-19 ward in separate building, a section of the ground floor with a separate entrance and about 20 beds would be set aside…