Omandurar Government Medical College to hold follow up survey for elderly COVID-19 patients

Chennai: The Government Medical College Hospital in Omandurar Estate is planning to hold a follow-up survey to check the health status of the elderly people, who were previously treated for COVID-19 in the hospital. 

The hospital has reportedly treated around 95 nonagenarians (people aged between 90 and 99) for COVID-19 over the past three years, and the administration is planning to do a follow up survey of those in their 80s and 90s and were treated for COVID. 

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Observing that around 95 nonagenarians received treatment from the hospital for COVID-19, R. Jayanthi, dean of the hospital told the Hindu, "We are planning to take up a survey of all elderly persons who were treated by us for COVID-19, especially those in their 80s and 90s, to know their present health status. This will be done through phone calls." 

Multiple cases of elderly patients affected by poor health conditions have been reported. For instance, a 93-year-old man was discharged from the hospital after getting treated for COVID-19 on Tuesday. 

Another elderly person, a retired government school teacher was referred from a private hospital for respiratory distress in intubated ventilator support on January 14. He was reported positive for COVID, with 40% lung involvement and was admitted to the intensive care unit. He was given intensive care support and treatment by a team of doctors. He also suffered from congestive heart failure. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about a study that talked about the possibility of invasive secondary fungal infections, particularly among patients with pre-existing risk factors like diabetes who had suffered from COVID-19. The study was published in JAPI (Journal of the Association of Physicians of India). In COVID-19 patients, there is a well-documented risk of rhino-orbital-cerebral fungal co-infection. The research team from India aimed to determine the factors that lead to the development, the natural history of progression and the therapeutic interventions performed for this grave complication. 

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