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COVID-19 FEAR : 50% heart patients don’t want to go hospitals

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The vast majority of hospital physicians and nurses reported drop in the number of heart attack patients reaching the hospital in the coronavirus time against pre-Covid-19 crisis. On an average, there was 50 per cent decrease.

The vast majority of hospital physicians and nurses reported drop in the number of heart attack patients reaching the hospital in the coronavirus time against pre-Covid-19 crisis. On an average, there was 50 per cent decrease.

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In addition, most respondents said of the patients who did reach the hospital, 48 per cent arrived later than usual and beyond the optimal window for urgent treatment.

A separate survey of interventional cardiologists (doctors who insert stent to open blocked arteries), found 28 per cent rise in life-threatening complications in heart attack patients during the pandemic.

Nearly half of respondents said the restoration of blood flow was delayed due to Covid-19 fears, a situation likely to lead to premature death and disability.

The survey also revealed the number of other procedures had been drastically reduced during the pandemic. “The delays, we are seeing in heart attack patients coming to hospital, have significant harmful consequences,” said EAPCI”s Dariusz Dudek.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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