Oxygen level of rural patients drops from 90 to 60 while coming to city

Aurangabad, April 15:

The serious Corona patients in the

rural areas have to come to the urban areas for treatment, but the oxygen level

in their body drop from 90 percent to around 60 percent while travelling to the

hospital. Even though, if they manage to reach the hospital, they are not

getting beds in the hospitals. Such situation is seen across the district now. Hence,

the villagers and the Physicians Association are demanding to increase the

treatment facilities at the rural areas.

Even the rural areas have been

grappled by the Corona virus now. A record number of patients 947 was recorded

in the rural areas on Wednesday. There in all, 15,802 active patients in the

district, of which, 45 percent are from the rural areas. The serious Corona

patients are being referred to the urban areas. However, there is a dearth of

beds in the hospitals in the city. The patients with low oxygen level are

facing more inconvenience as their condition deteriorate and the oxygen level

lessen further while travelling to the hospitals from the rural areas. Hence,

there is a grave need that the serious patients in the rural areas should get

treatment there itself.

The president of the Physicians Association, Dr Sanjay Patne said, the patients

from the rural areas come to the hospital when the oxygen level in their body

is around 90 and they should get the treatment immediately so that the oxygen

level should not go down further. Hence, centres should be established at the

rural areas to provide immediate treatment, he said.