MADURAI: Aiming at decongesting Government Rajaji Hospital, the authorities are planning to shift the Covid-19 OP clinic out of the hospital and admitting moderately ill patients to the peripheral taluk hospitals. During the first two waves of Covid, the three-storey Superspeciality Block that could accommodate nearly 450 beds was converted as the Covid block of GRH, the district's sole government …
Madurai Almost all Intensive Care Units and oxygen-supported beds in Government Hospitals in the district are filled, pushing new patients to wait for their admission. A senior doctor from the Government Rajaji Hospital said almost all the 1,200 beds allocated for COVID-19 patients were occupied. Private hospitals were also referring patients in critical conditions to government hospitals, said S. Gandhimathinathan, …
