Mumbai has been trying to ramp up the facilities to deal with the coronavirus. Elected representatives along with the civic body have now started providing oxygen concentrators and oxygen tanks.
In South Mumbai, MLA Amin Patel stated that oxygen cylinders were being sold off for Rs 200 to patients suffering from COVID-19 requiring oxygen support. However, a doctor’s prescription is necessary to obtain the oxygen cylinders.
Mumbai has turned out to be the hotspot for COVID-19 with an increasing number of cases with every passing day. With an increasing surge in Mumbai, almost all intensive care unit (ICU) beds for treatment of COVID-19 patients are occupied in the city, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The BMC had earlier announced that out of the total 645 ICU beds, 99 per cent were occupied by May 27. Besides this, 65 per cent of the total 4,292 beds with oxygen support is also occupied in Mumbai. In addition, 72 per cent of the total 373 ventilators are in use.
In recent developments, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation issued revised guidelines for COVID-19 testing in Mumbai in the midst of the increasing number of cases. The order stated that the BMC would ramp up the testing of symptomatic cases to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. It further specified that a prescription of a registered medical practitioner is mandatory for the testing of COVID-19.
The BMC further added that the testing of mild, very mild, pre-symptomatic positive patients shall not be required before discharge if no symptoms are seen on the 7th, 8th, and 9th days consecutively. While moderate symptomatic patients need not be tested before discharge if they have recovered clinically, testing is required once in the case of patients who were critical.
Maharashtra so far has 65,009 cases of coronavirus with 38,442 cases in Mumbai only.
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