10 more Covid-19 patients discharged after recovery in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: Ten more Covid-19 patients, including four women and two elderly men, undergoing treatment at two hospitals in the city were discharged on Saturday after they were tested negative in two consecutive tests.
The number of patients in the city who have recovered so far has gone up to 43.

All the 10 patients were given a warm send-off by doctors and health workers who also clapped for them to boost their morale.
Seven patients were discharged from Ram Sagar Mishra (RSM) Hospital in Bakshi-Ka-Talab where they were undergoing treatment for last 20 days, while three were discharged from Ram Manohar Lohia Instititue of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS).
Patients from RSM Hospital included six people from Sadar –three women, a 63-year-old man and two middleaged men. The seventh patient was a 60-year-old man from Saharanpur who was found in Sadar area. Total 29 patients have been discharged from the hospital in two days.
Dr Rohit Singh, who is in the 25-member team which took care of patients, said; “The six residents of Sadar were sent home in ambulances, while the man from Saharanpur was sent to quarantine centre at Sri Ram Swarup College of Engineering and Technology where other Covid-19 survivors from Saharanpur have been lodged. All of them have been advised to stay in isolation for 15 more days.”
Others doctors in the team included Dr AK Chaudhari, Dr Riyaz, Dr Uzma Shahid and Dr PK Dohre. Nodal officer of RSM Hospital Dr Sumit Kumar Maharaj said, “Four patients were asymptomatic and three had mild symptoms. None of them were put on ventilator support. A few were also given symptomatic treatment when they complained of nausea, abdomen pain and anxiety.”
“Three patients, including a woman, who were discharged from RMLIMS were from a family residing in Sadar. They recovered in eight days. Seven members of their family are still undergoing treatment at the hospital. All were sent home in ambulances,” said spokesman of RML Hospital Dr Rishikesh Singh.
Patients at both the hospitals said doctors and health personnel took good care of them. Total 203 cases have been reported in the city, of which 21% have recovered while one patient has died.