TIKAPUR, May 9: As many as five people lost their lives while undergoing treatment at Tikapur Hospital of Kailali on Sunday. Those dying at the hospital include three male residents of Tikapur Municipality-1, aged 60, 50, and 62 and two males from Janaki Rural Municipality who were 54 and 51 years old, respectively.
Some of the deceased tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through the antigen test while a few of them died before they could be tested for the disease. According to a doctor, those who were not tested showed symptoms of COVID-19. The hospital is in a dire need of oxygen as it is running out of stock.
As stated by COVID-19 focal person Dr Ramesh Prasad Upadyay, the increasing crowd of patients has caused serious problems in the process of treatment at the hospital. The health condition of many patients is deteriorating constantly, he added.
“The situation is out of our control,” Upadyay said. We have reached a state where none of our resources will be enough.” There are 50-60 patients who are being treated at the hospital who are in need of oxygen.
According to the hospital, they have not been able to provide oxygen to many of their patients. Most of them will not be able to get oxygen for a second time.
Deepak Rawal, the chairman of the Hospital Development Committee has appealed to the public for help through social media, stating that the condition of the hospital is getting scary.
So far, 13 patients have died at the hospital after the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak. The number of deaths increasing at an alarming rate has spread panic inside the hospital. Also, the ICU with ventilators have not come into operation due to the lack of physicians and anaesthetists in the hospital.