Critical Patient Received Timely Treatment At Mulshi Speciality Hospital With Ventilator Donated By TATA Autocomp Systems

Shikha Chaurasia

Pune, August 31, 2020: On 28 August, when a Coronavirus disease (COVID19) patient’s health in Mulshi Specialty Hospital, Pirangut, got critical, TATA Autocomp Systems provided a ventilator to the hospital which saved the patient’s life. The company has donated more than 100 ventilators in Pune.

The hospital has around 20 COVID-19 patients from all areas. It currently has six Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds and three ventilators. The hospital has been on a lookout for more ventilators and beds but their requests are still being looked at.

The hospital’s director Dr Gopalkrishna Gawade told Punekarnews.in, “Many times, due to shortage of beds, we have to refuse patients and see the conditions of serious patients deteriorate in front of our eyes. When we try to shift a critical patient in a government or a private hospital, there are no beds available. So we have to manage them with whatever resources we have.”

Dr Gawade added, “We had approached Tata for a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contribution and received an already assembled ventilator which saved the patient’s life. The patient will forever be thankful for receiving timely treatment which saved his life.”

The director said that the major problem the hospital is facing is that they have 15-30 COVID-19 patients out of which some get seriously ill and suffer from breathlessness and require ventilators. The doctors feel extremely helpless when they aren’t able to help the patients because of the unavailability of beds.

Dr Gawade further informed that the COVID-19 positive patients require three types of treatment-

1. Intermittent monitoring – When a patient is in stable condition, then he/she is admitted in a normal ward and is timely monitored for oxygen levels, blood pressure, temperature and other important parameters.

2. Critical Care – When a patient suffers from multiple symptoms and requires critical care, then the patient is admitted in an ICU and is constantly monitored.

3. Ventilator support – When a patient suffers from severe breathlessness and has developed severe symptoms, then they are administered oxygen support.

He said that the hospital is on a lookout for three more ventilators and has the required skills and staff to handle more patients.

“The private companies with their CSR initiatives and donations have helped the society, the common man and the hospitals in fighting the COVID-19 battle. Many private companies are willingly contacting hospitals and providing them aid required to treat COVID-19 patients. I also work for Pune Cantonment Board Hospital where a private company had donated 10,000 PPE kits for the doctors treating COVID-19 patients as a CSR initiative. Their contributions should be acknowledged as it is helping in saving the lives of innumerable patients and they are helping the country when we are in desperate need for it”, Dr Gawade said.