JAMMU OCTOBER 19
Principal Government Medical College Jammu, Dr Nasib Chand Digra today told that the Medical College Hospital administration is strictly following the Covid treatment protocol while giving medical care to the positive patients. He said that the stress is being made to maintain buffer stock of Oxygen cylinders so that the requirement is met at the time of any emergency.
Principal GMC told that a total 730 oxygen cylinders were used in the last 24 including 704 in GMC and 26 cylinders in Chest Disease Hospital. He added that GMC has a stock of 1200 cylinders whereas CD hospital has 80 cylinders in buffer stock.
Meanwhile, Medical Superintendent GMC, Dr. Dara Singh informed there are total 75 patients in the MCH out of which 17 are in isolation ward, 13 are in CCU, 30 in ward no 3 and 15 in HDU. He informed 14 patients have been provided with Bipap facility and 3 are on ventilator support. The Chest Disease hospital has 26 patients and all have been given oxygen supply facility, he added that no death has been reported in GMC in the last 24 hours.