{"id":117312,"date":"2021-08-20T16:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=117312"},"modified":"2021-08-20T16:16:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T23:16:37","slug":"sri-lanka-records-biggest-ever-daily-increase-of-covid-deaths-due-to-inadequate-corona-patient-management-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/08\/20\/sri-lanka-records-biggest-ever-daily-increase-of-covid-deaths-due-to-inadequate-corona-patient-management-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka records biggest ever daily increase of Covid deaths due to inadequate corona patient management protocol."},"content":{"rendered":"

News of Sri Lanka<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Sri Lanka records the biggest ever daily increase of Covid deaths for the second day in a row, as new cases rise sharply<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The daily number of coronavirus\ndeaths has reached 195 the highest since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nnumber of new cases rose sharply to 3839, after a fall earlier in the week\nwhich inspired optimism that lockdown restrictions may not be required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general population is concerned with the higher daily death rate and the Opposition leader said the record daily death toll was appalling\u201d and warned, there will be more to come\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\ncommunity health worker said: These figures are appalling, and of course we\nthink of the suffering that each one of those deaths represents to their\nfamilies and to their friends. I\u2019ve got to tell you \u2026 there will be more to\ncome\u201d. He said that the new variant was now in virtually all parts of Sri Lanka.\nIt\u2019s true that it looks as though the rates of infection in the country\noverall may now be peaking or flattening but they\u2019re not flattening very fast\nand it\u2019s clear that we must keep a grip on this. We must maintain discipline,\nformation, keep observing the lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the president is being criticized for taking a Trump-like approach to the pandemic by sitting in an air-conditioned room surrounded by his so-called virus preventive task force but refuses to go in front of the nation to explain the measure he had been taking to prevent it from spreading. In contrast, while all democratic leaders of the world had been giving daily briefs to the nation on the progress of their effort to reduce mass infection in front of the television cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nworst Covid Management capability<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

According to the data published by the Worldometers.info website, Sri Lanka reported being the worst Covid Management capability in the world except for a few African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA<\/strong> Cases reported during the last 7 days\n2937 per million population and death in the last 7days 16 per million\npopulation.
\nUK<\/strong> Cases\nreported during the last 7 days 3068 per million population and death in the\nlast 7days 10 per million population.
\nRussia<\/strong> Cases\nreported during the last 7 days 1032 per million population and death in the last\n7days 39 per million population.
\nCuba<\/strong> Cases\nreported during the last 7 days 5439 per million population and death in the\nlast 7days 49 per million population.
\nVietnam<\/strong> Cases\nreported during the last 7 days 662 per million population and death in the last\n7days 23 per million population.
\nSri Lanka Cases reported\nduring the last 7 days 1239 per million population and death in the last 7days\n54 per million population<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta\nvariant is very aggressive. There is no point in considering historical facts.\nWe must consider what is happening today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In UK daily infection rate is 37314 and the daily death rate is 114, i.e. daily infection rate is 548per million population, and the daily death rate is 1.7 per million population, while in Sri Lanka daily infection rate is 3839 and the daily death rate is 195, i.e. infection is 178per million population, 9.0 death per million population. A five-fold increased daily death rate compared to the United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In Sri Lanka, the high death rate is due to poor management of\nCovid patients in government hospitals. Sri Lanka health service does not have\nan island-wide Corona management protocol. When it comes to the management it\nis up to the individual doctor\u2019s decision that matters most by selecting the medicine\nand the life-supporting facilities as he\/she wishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UK and in all other developed countries, the respective National Health service follows an approved specific protocol when treating a Covid patient. For example, they have a list of recommended medicine depending on the severity of the infection and if the patient\u2019s oxygen saturation in the blood goes below 94%, they should immediately transfer the patient to a ward where they can give oxygen. But in Sri Lanka, it is observed frequently that the patients are dying in the corridors of the hospitals due to lack of oxygen. Doctors openly blame the government and the government is leaderless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite a daily infection rate of 36,572, In the UK\nthere are no covid restrictions anymore because of the high standard of patient\ncare.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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