As many states reported shortage of hospital beds, many renowned medical practitioners have given some handy advise on how to deal with Covid-19 while you are at home.
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With around 2.7 lakh new Covid-19 cases, India's total caseload crossed 1.5 crore on Monday. With the highest one-day surge so far, India has now surpassed US in terms of cumulative cases.
Healthcare system across the country is overwhelmed with growing cases of Covid-19. With
shortage of hospital beds, oxygen and medicines, the health infrastructure is on the verge of getting collapsed.
Witnessing the situation on the ground, many renowned medical practitioners have given some handy advise on how to deal with Covid while you are at home.
Dr Zain Chagla, an expert in infectious diseases and one of the renowned medical practitioners, also shared some tips on Twitter on how to deal with Covid-19 at home as several states have reported shortage of hospital beds and oxygen.
Lt. Gen (Dr) Ved Chaturvedi, Advisor, Department of Rheumatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital told India Today, "For the last one week, lots of patients have been coming to us for beds but unfortunately there are no beds, everything is occupied. So, I suggest home hospitalisation is an answer in case of non-availability of Covid beds in hospitals. If a patient has mild symptoms, then the person should stay at home. If you have tested positive, keep a constant track of your oxygen level for that you need to have a pulse oxymeter at home."
"If oxygen saturation goes below 94, start practicing sleeping on your stomach, that will expand the lung. Practice it thrice for 2 hours, oxygen levels will get better. If that doesn't help, get an Oxygen cylinder at home or an oxygen concentrator. For severe patients of course, a CT scan is a must. If results come out to be moderate, then stay at home and consult a doctor in your locality for medicines. Hundreds of doctors are doing teleconsultation. Hospitals will also give you the same medicines and only difference is that we will give it to you through an IV, while you can take it as a medicine on your own at home. I think people should really consider home hospitalisation. A house is as good as a hospital bed for patients with mild and moderate symptoms," Dr Chaturvedi said.
Dr Vikramjeet Singh, senior consultant of Dept of Internal Medicine, Aakash Healthcare, told India Today, "we have categorised patients into three category - mild, moderate and severe. Patients with mild symptoms don't need hospital bed at all. Person should isolate at home. Even those who have moderate symptoms should stay at home and do tele-consultation with doctors to take the right medication. And keep an oxygen cylinder or a concentrator in case at all times, if oxygen saturation drops."
"Only patients with severe symptoms should be in a hospital, rest of the patients can be very well managed at home. People should not panic after contracting the virus. Lot of patients are taking up the beds because they are very scared to deal with it in isolation, even when it can be dealt with at home," Dr Singh said.
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