According to Kozhencherry Muthoot Hospital on College Road in Pathanamthitta district has been badly affected by the floods and is inundated with water. As per report the flood water has reached the first floor and is continuing to rise to the second floor, said employees of the hospital, who spoke to TNM. Meanwhile most of the ICU patients have been shifted to other hospitals, around 200 people, including the staff members of the hospital and the remaining patients, are being shifted to Muthoot’s orphanage here.
Presently rescue teams operations are developing in a phased manner. Shyna, a nurse at the hospital said “Around 200 patients are yet to be moved out, while a 15 member capacity boat has arrived, only four to five patients are being taken at a time due to the turbidity of the water”.
Moreover according to Shyna, water entered the
hospital on Wednesday morning and has been increasing since. She described as “The
water is so high that one will start floating”. She said “The hospital does not
have sufficient food and water supply as well and the hospital has also run out
of oxygen for the stranded patients on ventilators and others”. Further the
reception, pharmacy, X-Ray, MRA and CT labs were located on the ground floor
and the pharmacy has been relocated to the second floor
temporarily.
