'NO BEDS/with oxygen/ICU': Karnataka Congress MLA calls out state's 'pathetic' healthcare system

'NO BEDS/with oxygen/ICU': Karnataka Congress MLA calls out state's 'pathetic' healthcare system

Reddy went on to question the authorities seeking an explanation over the spike in cases, insufficient infrastructure, delayed testing and shortage of ambulance.

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Saturday, July 04, 2020, 02:54 PM IST
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With India registering more and more COVID-19 cases with each day passing by, the availability of beds has become a serious issue for critical patients. In a latest incident, Karnataka Congress MLA Sowmya Reddy shared her ordeal on Twitter calling the healthcare system ‘pathetic’ in the state.

Reddy wrote, “On the phone calling hospital after hospital. They don’t respond/switched off, if they do they say NO BEDS/with oxygen/ICU. Was finally able to accommodate a critical patient after a lot of requesting. Trying since 9pm. So angry.Pathetic state of our healthcare!”

She further went on to question the authorities seeking an explanation over the spike in cases, insufficient infrastructure, delayed testing and shortage of ambulance.

“I am an MLA & this is my experience. Imagine plight of ppl who don’t have connections or strings to pull. A 30 year old died 2 days ago not just ppl with comorbidities. I can go on & on. But I hope the govt gets their act together. We are with you! It is us Vs the pandemic now!,” she added.

According to reports, Karnataka registered yet another high single day rise of COVID-19 cases at 1,694, with Bengaluru alone accounting for 994 of them, taking the state's tally to 19,710, an official said on Friday.

Of all the cases in the state, 36 per cent are in in Bengaluru itself and in terms of active cases, the city has 59 per cent of them.

Meanwhile, 21 people succumbed to the virus, taking the number of deaths in the state to 293.

Of the latest deaths, five were reported from Bengaluru Urban, three each in Kalaburagi and Chikkaballapura, two each in Vijayapura and Shivamogga, and one each in Ballari, Bengaluru Rural, Davangere, Bidar, Raichur and Hassan.

Among the new cases, apart from Bengaluru, Ballari and Dakshina Kannada contributed 97 cases each, followed by Kalaburagi (72), Tumkur (57), Bengaluru Rural (44), Dharwad (38), Mysuru (35), Mandya (33), followed by Bidar (28), Chamarajanagar (24), Shivamogga (23), Gadag (19), Udupi and Kodagu (16 each), Yadgir (14), and Hassan and Belagavi (13 each).

Kolar witnessed 11 cases, followed by Ramanagara (10), Bagalkote (8), Raichur (7), Davangere and Uttara Kannada (5 each), Vijayapura and Koppal (4 each), Chikkaballapura and Chitradurga (3 each) and Haveri (1).

Of the 1,694 cases, 1,402 are contacts of earlier cases.

On Friday, 471 people were discharged from different hospitals, taking the total number of discharges to 8,805.

The number of patients in ICU increased to 201. Active cases in the state are 10,608.

Meanwhile, the state Health Department hiked the salaries of contract doctors by Rs 15,000.

"The monthly remuneration of MBBS doctors working for the Department of Health and Family Welfare services on contract is increased from Rs 45,000 to Rs 60,000," said Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey.

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