ICU In Nursing Homes

Home ICUs promise comfort and lower infection risk, but experts say careful patient selection and planning decide whether the model truly works

The NORKA official said that they have unofficial reports that 22 people from Kerala have been confirmed dead and that the identities of 15 of them have been confirmed

The guidelines were compiled by a body of 24 experts having different levels of expertise in critical care medicine

Emergency healthcare provider - CIPACA - on Friday said it has been awarded the Best ICU Growth Partner for rural hospitals in recognition of the disruptive model

Task Force recommends stockpiling 50 key devices like ventilators, syringes, ICU beds, oxygen tubes etc

In Delhi, most of the capacity is available in government or smaller private hospitals. In Mumbai, while the city added 40% more ICU beds in the last two weeks, people requiring them increased by 50%

Hospitals stopped treating many non-Covid-19 patients to avoid becoming completely overwhelmed

Elaborating further, NITI Aayog member V K Paul who heads COVID national taskforce said the ICU bed capacity will be increased from 3,523 to over 6,000 in the next few days in hospitals across Delhi

Seventy-two per cent of 373 ventilators in the city were in use

The Prime Minister has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is the First Secretary of State, to deputise for him where necessary," the spokesperson said

Operating upon a patient without having adequate infrastructure constitutes negligence