8 corona patients in Ujjain died hours after coming to hospital

Ujjain: As many as five people, who succumbed to Covid-19 in Ujjain district, were declared brought dead at hospitals, forcing doctors to collect samples from their bodies. So far, Ujjain has seen 23 deaths due to Covid-19. Eight were admitted in very critical condition and received treatment for couple of hours before succumbing, health department records said.
“Five of the Covid-19 deceased were brought to hospitals after death.Samples were collected from their bodies, which later tested positive for infection,” Ujjain nodal officer for isolation Dr HP Sonaniya told TOI.
The data suggests that there was inordinate delay in identification of Covid-19 symptoms and testing. The patients were brought to hospital at a late stage, thus complicating the condition.
The patients had initially visited their regular doctors with cough and cold symptoms. The concern for Covid-19 was not established when such cases first surfaced, heath department sources said.
Ujjain CMHO Dr Anusuiya Gawali said around eight patients were brought to the hospitals in very critical condition. “They could be given hardly a few hours of treatment,” she said. Rest of the deceased had co-morbidities like obesity, diabetes and hypertension, which led to complications and subsequent deaths, she said.