Lady Ridgeway is full to the brink

Deputy Director of Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Dr Santhush Senapathi, says the hospital administration is facing various issues as medical wards are overflowing with children infected with fever. He said that there are six medical wards in the hospital, and 90 per cent of the beds in every ward are occupied by children infected with fever. He says almost 500 children are currently being treated in the respective wards. He says children with dengue, influenza, COVID, and other fever symptoms are receiving treatment in these wards.