{"id":6319,"date":"2021-04-27T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T04:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper?p=6319"},"modified":"2021-04-27T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T05:07:01","slug":"delhi-hospitals-hamstrung-by-covid-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/2021\/04\/27\/delhi-hospitals-hamstrung-by-covid-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Hospitals Hamstrung by Covid Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The healthcare system in the national capital seems to be on the edge due to a massive increase in the number of patients following the second wave of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A patient was seen lying on the ground for hours in the RML Hospital. However, the security personnel on the gate did not let the patient go inside citing &#8220;instructions from the higher-ups&#8221; even as the family members kept pleading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kewal Kumar, a resident of Paschim Puri in Delhi, was having breathing problems following which he was taken to a private hospital from where he was referred to the LNJP, after the doctors detected corona-like symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">However, when his family reached LNJP, the patient was not allowed inside. He had to spend hours outside the hospital even as his health condition was worsening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kewal Kumar&#8217;s brother Veer Chand said: &#8220;My brother is having trouble in breathing and got pain in the legs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Eventually, a crowd started gathering outside the hospital to see the patient. However, after the arrival of the media persons, a stretcher was sent immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Speaking on this issue, Dr. Suresh Kumar, Medical Director of LNJP Hospital said: &#8220;He was not lying on the ground, he had fallen. The patient does not have a corona infection. He has multiple organ problems. We are examining him, and he is also being tested for Covid-19.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">According to Dr. Kumar, there are 400 Covid beds in the hospital which are filled up with patients. At the same time, oxygen beds are also full.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;A large number of patients are coming to the hospital due to which we are facing a lot of crisis,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The healthcare system in the national capital seems to be on the edge due to a massive increase in the number of patients following the second wave of Covid-19. A patient was seen lying on the ground for hours in the RML Hospital. However, the security personnel on the gate did not let the patient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-main-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6321,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6319\/revisions\/6321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}