Nepal-Coronavirus/Medical System/Family Transmission
Kathmandu, Nepal - May 13, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital
2. Various of medical worker treating patient outside hospital
3. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dr. Sagar Raj Bhandari, director, Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (ending with shot 4):
"Patients still choose to stay at the hospital even though the beds have run out. We temporarily have no beds left for patients, but they insist on staying at the hospital for medicine and oxygen. Therefore, we allow them to stay at the hospital for observation for a couple days. If patients' conditions worsen, we will try to admit them to the hospital. However, if they get better, we encourage them to go back home for quarantine and recuperation."
4. Various of patients receiving oxygen outside hospital
5. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun, infectious disease expert:
"The coronavirus has already transmitted among family members, but the pandemic control and prevention standards were previously formulated to deal with community transmission. Based on the current situation, standards for pandemic control and prevention within families need to be formulated. But I think it's already too late."
6. Various of patients being treated, waiting outside hospital
7. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun, infectious disease expert (partially overlaid with shot 8):
"The majority of deaths were patients who did not receive [COVID-19] vaccines. What role can the vaccine play? Reality gives the answer. I think for us, the vaccine is something new. Some people question whether or not it works, but I haven't seen a large number of deaths among patients who received the vaccine. The reality is we have to get vaccinated. Getting vaccinated will help us protect our lives better. This is the answer given by the current pandemic situation."
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8. Oxygen tanks
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9. Various of patients receiving oxygen outside hospital
The transmission of COVID-19 within households is contributing to a spike of cases in Nepal, further straining the country's health care system, according to local medical experts.
Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, one of Nepal's best health centers, is struggling to cope with the latest wave of coronavirus infections. The hospital already increased its number of beds by nearly 30 percent, but there's still an overflow of patients being treated in the lobby, hallways, and even outside the hospital's entrance.
"Patients still choose to stay at the hospital even though the beds have run out. We temporarily have no beds left for patients, but they insist on staying at the hospital for medicine and oxygen. Therefore, we allow them to stay at the hospital for observation for a couple days. If patients' conditions worsen, we will try to admit them to the hospital. However, if they get better, we encourage them to go back home for quarantine and recuperation," said Dr. Sagar Raj Bhandari, director of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.
According to local infectious disease expert Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun, the country's COVID-19 prevention and control measures were devised to address community spread, not family transmission, leaving the disease to spread within households unabated.
"The coronavirus has already transmitted among family members, but the pandemic control and prevention standards were previously formulated to deal with community transmission. Based on the current situation, standards for pandemic control and prevention within families need to be formulated. But I think it's already too late," said Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun.
Pun implores all Nepalis to get vaccinated to protect themselves against the novel coronavirus.
"The majority of deaths were patients who did not receive [COVID-19] vaccines. What role can the vaccine play? Reality gives the answer. I think for us, the vaccine is something new. Some people question whether or not it works, but I haven't seen a large number of deaths among patients who received the vaccine. The reality is we have to get vaccinated. Getting vaccinated will help us protect our lives better. This is the answer given by the current pandemic situation," he said.
According to local authorities, the second dose of China's Sinopharm vaccine will be available from May 25 in Kathmandu for those who received their first dose in April.
Nepal reported 8,046 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national total to 447,704, according to data provided by the country's Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday.
Meanwhile, another 187 new coronavirus deaths were recorded, bringing the national death toll to 4,856.
Nepal-Coronavirus/Medical System/Family Transmission
Dateline : May 13, 2021
Location : Nepal
Duration : 1'51
Kathmandu, Nepal - May 13, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital
2. Various of medical worker treating patient outside hospital
3. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dr. Sagar Raj Bhandari, director, Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (ending with shot 4):
"Patients still choose to stay at the hospital even though the beds have run out. We temporarily have no beds left for patients, but they insist on staying at the hospital for medicine and oxygen. Therefore, we allow them to stay at the hospital for observation for a couple days. If patients' conditions worsen, we will try to admit them to the hospital. However, if they get better, we encourage them to go back home for quarantine and recuperation."
4. Various of patients receiving oxygen outside hospital
5. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun, infectious disease expert:
"The coronavirus has already transmitted among family members, but the pandemic control and prevention standards were previously formulated to deal with community transmission. Based on the current situation, standards for pandemic control and prevention within families need to be formulated. But I think it's already too late."
6. Various of patients being treated, waiting outside hospital
7. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun, infectious disease expert (partially overlaid with shot 8):
"The majority of deaths were patients who did not receive [COVID-19] vaccines. What role can the vaccine play? Reality gives the answer. I think for us, the vaccine is something new. Some people question whether or not it works, but I haven't seen a large number of deaths among patients who received the vaccine. The reality is we have to get vaccinated. Getting vaccinated will help us protect our lives better. This is the answer given by the current pandemic situation."
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
8. Oxygen tanks
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
9. Various of patients receiving oxygen outside hospital
The transmission of COVID-19 within households is contributing to a spike of cases in Nepal, further straining the country's health care system, according to local medical experts.
Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, one of Nepal's best health centers, is struggling to cope with the latest wave of coronavirus infections. The hospital already increased its number of beds by nearly 30 percent, but there's still an overflow of patients being treated in the lobby, hallways, and even outside the hospital's entrance.
"Patients still choose to stay at the hospital even though the beds have run out. We temporarily have no beds left for patients, but they insist on staying at the hospital for medicine and oxygen. Therefore, we allow them to stay at the hospital for observation for a couple days. If patients' conditions worsen, we will try to admit them to the hospital. However, if they get better, we encourage them to go back home for quarantine and recuperation," said Dr. Sagar Raj Bhandari, director of Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital.
According to local infectious disease expert Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun, the country's COVID-19 prevention and control measures were devised to address community spread, not family transmission, leaving the disease to spread within households unabated.
"The coronavirus has already transmitted among family members, but the pandemic control and prevention standards were previously formulated to deal with community transmission. Based on the current situation, standards for pandemic control and prevention within families need to be formulated. But I think it's already too late," said Dr. Sher Bahadur Pun.
Pun implores all Nepalis to get vaccinated to protect themselves against the novel coronavirus.
"The majority of deaths were patients who did not receive [COVID-19] vaccines. What role can the vaccine play? Reality gives the answer. I think for us, the vaccine is something new. Some people question whether or not it works, but I haven't seen a large number of deaths among patients who received the vaccine. The reality is we have to get vaccinated. Getting vaccinated will help us protect our lives better. This is the answer given by the current pandemic situation," he said.
According to local authorities, the second dose of China's Sinopharm vaccine will be available from May 25 in Kathmandu for those who received their first dose in April.
Nepal reported 8,046 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national total to 447,704, according to data provided by the country's Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday.
Meanwhile, another 187 new coronavirus deaths were recorded, bringing the national death toll to 4,856.
ID : 8196276
Published : 2021-05-16 01:48
Last Modified : 2021-05-16 19:37:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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