Gurugram: As Covid infections are being reported every 24 hours, the number of patients admitted to hospitals is also increasing, but the total number is still low and the length of hospital stay compared to the last two waves This is less because most of the patients are not getting serious infection, said doctors of several private hospitals.
The city’s hospitals currently have an average of four days’ stay, mainly because most patients do not have lung infections, a sharp contrast to the second wave in April and May last year. According to doctors, some patients require oxygen support, but the current surge on ventilator beds is yet to come.
However, he insisted that these are still early days of the boom, there is no room for complacency, and that people should diligently wear masks to thwart the possibility of infection so that hospitals are not overwhelmed with patients.
Presently a total of 28 Kovid patients are admitted in Gurugram hospitals. One of the hospitalized patients is undergoing bilevel positive airway pressure (BIPAP) treatment, while 10 are on oxygen support. Seventeen more people no longer need oxygen support. Only one of the hospitalized patients is under 30 years of age. Everyone else is 60-plus.
A 65-year-old man was among those who recovered from the infection after being admitted to the hospital, who was discharged on Thursday. He was admitted to the Kovid ward on 3 January. He needed oxygen support, but was not hospitalized ICUAccording to the doctors treating him. He has high blood pressure and heart disease.
According to experts, CT scans of most of the patients in the current wave showed no change in their lungs due to infection. “There is no change in the lungs and there is no shortness of breath. Currently, less than 2% of hospitalizations are seen. Those who are being admitted to the hospital have cough, cold and severe myalgia (muscle pain), ”Gurugram Chief Medical Officer Virender Yadav said.
In the first wave, hospitalized patients had high fever with headache, dry cough and severe weakness. Patients with comorbidities also reported shortness of breath. The average length of hospital stay was 10 days and the peak hospitalization rate was 10%.
In the second wave, hospitalized patients experienced high fever with body aches, weakness, dry cough, loss of smell and taste, and shortness of breath. The hospitalization rate at the peak of the wave was 12% and the median length of hospital stay was 14 days.
This time very few Kovid patients are in ICU. “We are seeing an increase in the number of re-hospitalisations, but ICU admissions are negligible,” said Dr Manoj Goel, director (pulmonary sciences), Fortis Memorial Research Institute,
“The number could possibly increase soon. People can experience the severity of the virus after 10 to 12 days of infection, and then hospitalization may be required,” said Dr Piyush Goyal, consultant (pulmonary and critical care) Manipal Hospital,
The city’s hospitals currently have an average of four days’ stay, mainly because most patients do not have lung infections, a sharp contrast to the second wave in April and May last year. According to doctors, some patients require oxygen support, but the current surge on ventilator beds is yet to come.
However, he insisted that these are still early days of the boom, there is no room for complacency, and that people should diligently wear masks to thwart the possibility of infection so that hospitals are not overwhelmed with patients.
Presently a total of 28 Kovid patients are admitted in Gurugram hospitals. One of the hospitalized patients is undergoing bilevel positive airway pressure (BIPAP) treatment, while 10 are on oxygen support. Seventeen more people no longer need oxygen support. Only one of the hospitalized patients is under 30 years of age. Everyone else is 60-plus.
A 65-year-old man was among those who recovered from the infection after being admitted to the hospital, who was discharged on Thursday. He was admitted to the Kovid ward on 3 January. He needed oxygen support, but was not hospitalized ICUAccording to the doctors treating him. He has high blood pressure and heart disease.
According to experts, CT scans of most of the patients in the current wave showed no change in their lungs due to infection. “There is no change in the lungs and there is no shortness of breath. Currently, less than 2% of hospitalizations are seen. Those who are being admitted to the hospital have cough, cold and severe myalgia (muscle pain), ”Gurugram Chief Medical Officer Virender Yadav said.
In the first wave, hospitalized patients had high fever with headache, dry cough and severe weakness. Patients with comorbidities also reported shortness of breath. The average length of hospital stay was 10 days and the peak hospitalization rate was 10%.
In the second wave, hospitalized patients experienced high fever with body aches, weakness, dry cough, loss of smell and taste, and shortness of breath. The hospitalization rate at the peak of the wave was 12% and the median length of hospital stay was 14 days.
This time very few Kovid patients are in ICU. “We are seeing an increase in the number of re-hospitalisations, but ICU admissions are negligible,” said Dr Manoj Goel, director (pulmonary sciences), Fortis Memorial Research Institute,
“The number could possibly increase soon. People can experience the severity of the virus after 10 to 12 days of infection, and then hospitalization may be required,” said Dr Piyush Goyal, consultant (pulmonary and critical care) Manipal Hospital,
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