Kolkata reels under chest infection

Critical care equipment, such as ventilators, high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), ECMO, monitors and BiPaps acquired by private hospitals to cater to Covid patients during the pandemic are now again being used even as many have extended their critical care units, general wards and emergency beds to meet the surge in admissions, fuelled by a spurt in respiratory ailments, that started a fortnight ago.

Kolkata reels under chest infection
Critical care equipment, such as ventilators, high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), ECMO, monitors and BiPaps acquired by private hospitals to cater to Covid patients during the pandemic are now again being used even as many have extended their critical care units, general wards and emergency beds to meet the surge in admissions, fuelled by a spurt in respiratory ailments, that started a fortnight ago.