Abuse, misuse of medical infra, drugs, says TSHA

We should have been better prepared for second wave: KIMS MD

Telangana Super Speciality Hospitals Association (TSHA) president B. Bhaskar Rao, who is also managing director of KIMS Hospitals, has observed that unwanted admission of a large number of COVID-19 persons has been denying hospital beds to those who are in dire need. In addition to the shortage of medical infrastructure, including oxygen supply, there was abuse and misuse of drugs such as Remdesivir which was helping further mutation of the virus, Dr. Bhaskar Rao said speaking to newspersons in a virtual meet on Monday. “We should have been better prepared for the second wave of the pandemic after suffering the worst in the first wave, but unfortunately we did not,” he felt. Requesting people, particularly the family members and COVID patients themselves to heed to the doctors’ advice on the line of treatment and use of drugs, Dr. Rao said in many cases they (doctors) were under heavy pressure from either the patients or their family members to administer drugs such as Remdesivir, which was not required in the health condition they were in.