Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir today recorded six more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the number of fatalities to 242. With no let-up in the Covid deaths, doctors have pressed the alarm button and stated that if spurt in cases and deaths continue, things are set to go out of control soon.
Officials said that the patients who died include an 80-year-old woman from Rainawari, Srinagar, a 59-year-old man from Turkawangan, Shopian, an 84-year-old man from Kanispora Baramulla, a 50-year-old woman from Rajouri, a 75-year-old woman from Tullamulla in Pulwama and a 70-year-man from Bungalow Bagh, Baramulla.
An official said that the woman from Baramulla who was admitted on July 16, died at SKIMS on Saturday late night. He said the patient was suffering from bilateral Pneumonia.
He said the other two patients including an 80-year-old woman from Rainawari in Srinagar and a 59-year-old man from Turkawangan died at CD hospital.
Both the patients were suffering from Pneumonia and other ailments, he said.
Additional DC Rajouri, Sher Singh said that a 50-year-old diabetic patient who was tested positive for COVID-19 passed away at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu this morning.
An official from SMHS said that the 75-year-old woman from Pulwama, who was suffering from many ailments, died at SMHS today.
Another official from GMC Baramulla said that the 70-year-old patient who was suffering from some ailments died at GMC Baramulla today.
With six more deaths, the death toll related to COVID-19 has reached 242 including 223 from Kashmir and 19 from Jammu.
Senior doctors in Kashmir have already stated that if deaths don’t stop, time is not far when hospitals will be short of beds and doctors won’t be able to take care of the Covid-postive patients. “There is a huge rush in major hospitals in Srinagar with people complaining chest pain, bilateral pneumonia and breathlessness. Many of those who come to the hospital need ventilator support, which wasn’t the case earlier,” said Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, Associate Professor at Government Medical College Srinagar, who is also a flu expert.
Professor Farooq Jan, who is the Medical Superintendent SKIMS, Soura hospital said that things are going worse in Kashmir as the patient flow has increased manifold. “If situation doesn’t improve, things may go out of control,” he said.
Pertinently, Srinagar administration has re-imposed lockdown in the majority of parts in the summer capital, but people continue to violate the guidelines and don’t wear masks, let alone keeping social distancing in markets and other places including gardens and parks. It has been observed that people during evening hours, flood parks and gardens and spend time on the banks of famous Dal Lake without wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
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