Leaving for home during Cov, nurses begin to return to the city Pvt Hospitals

KOLKATA, March 13, 2022:

Nurses who left private hospitals in Kolkata soon after the onset of the disease two years ago are starting to return to hospitals. More than 800 nurses have left their jobs and returned to their respective states – mostly in the Northeast, Odisha, Kerala and Jharkhand – severely hampering medical services. That was left over the last two years. With the reduction of Covid fears, about 40% have returned to most hospitals to return to normal practice.

Peerless Hospital, which lost more than 100 nurses – with 60 also leaving in the same day – has returned most of them. “Even though the third wave had stopped their return for a month and a half, the process had begun again. We have also started to get new ones from the neighboring states, “said Peerless Hospital CEO Sudipta Mitra. The hospital has a capacity of 425 nurses.

AMRI hospitals, which lost more than 100 nurses and had to teach others to stay behind, have returned half of them. “We are making innovations from states like Manipur and Mizoram,” said AMRI CEO Rupak Barua. He added that new supplies were being sourced from Odisha, Kerala and Jharkhand. “We’re returning to our original strength of about 950 nurses,” Barua said.

Charnock Hospital closed in April 2020 after some doctors and nurses tried their best, leading to an exit of nurses. “About 90% of our energy is back now. I think our state will have nursing seats so that we don’t face these problems again,” said Charnock MD Prashant Sharma.

RN Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Science (RTIICS) has lost about 850 nurses since the disease began. “About 550 have reunited,” said zonal chief R Venkatesh. The hospital has a capacity of more than 1,000 nurses. “Change is an ongoing process and we have been able to fill in the gaps,” he added.

“I was part of a group that left quickly after the disease started and a lock was announced. We were afraid of being detained in Kolkata but I am happy to be back,” Nongthombam said. Bidyarani, a nurse from a nearby state.

Forty -seven nurses from Fortis Hospital left the home during the illness, which is 10% of her nursing capacity. “Almost 80% have come back and joined us so far. We are taking in significant numbers from Tripura, Jharkhand and Odisha and with the increase in occupancy, we are looking from other states. previously, ”said Fortis zonal head Pratyush Srivastava.

At Woodlands Hospital, 15 nurses from Manipur, Odisha and Kerala left and none returned, according to chief executive Rupali Basu. Medica Superspecialty Hospital witnessed a march of 75 nurses two years ago and was forced to train the rest to stay behind. “Fortunately, we have returned to the same number of nurses three months after the first release. Since then, we have had our full capacity of 800 nurses, even though the “Everything has been in service since the incidence of cancer was greatly reduced. But now, even though there are more than 300 patients, there is full energy at work,” the official said. supervised by Alok Roy. ET HealthWorld