Anantapur recorded 14 victims and 3,356 cases of COVID on Sunday. This is the highest daily fee the district has seen since the pandemic broke out.
The active number of cases on Sunday was 17,465. The district tested 7,456 samples, of which 3,356 were positive.
The rise in active cases has also led to a lack of oxygen-assisted beds and intensive care beds in the 45 state / private hospitals. A total of 2,554 patients are currently being treated in the hospitals (267 intensive care units, 1,536 oxygen beds and 751 normal beds).
At a press conference on Sunday, District Medical and Health Doctor Y. Kameswara Prasad said the government was trying its best to get more oxygen-assisted beds (500 of them) in Tadipatri at the earliest.
The administration has also promoted the recruitment of medical personnel and paramedics at the makeshift facility for a period of six months. The construction work for the “German tents” has also progressed quickly, he said.
Meanwhile, district collector Gandham Chandrudu announced on Sunday two nurses and the superintendent of the Super Specialty Hospital of their alleged negligence, which resulted in the death of the director of the Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project (Anantapur), S. Subbarayudu, on Friday evening.
Doctors suspended
Two doctors on duty were suspended for alleged unavailability when he was brought in for treatment.
It also found that a faulty oxygen flow meter at the Super Specialty Hospital delayed the treatment process despite the District Collector alerting staff to have everything ready for Subbarayudu’s arrival.
It took about 25 minutes for treatment to begin, and there was also no stretcher to carry the patient from the first floor to the second floor, forcing his son and another relative to physically carry him.