TB patients often require high flow oxygen, which the ICU can provide. TB activists are calling for more ICU beds for TB patients in public hospitals in the city. Saturday, Jul 05, 2025.

“TB is still not given priority in public hospitals. It’s ironical that in Mumbai, which is home to Asia’s largest TB Hospital, a TB patient couldn’t find an ICU bed and died,” said Acharya.

Pulse oximeters measuring oxygen in the blood often inflated the levels for dark-skinned Covid patients, who then experienced delayed care or an increased risk of hospital readmission, researchers ...

Wards and hospital beds at the Mountain View TB Sanatorium, which opened in 1952 in Tacoma. It had single-bed rooms for the seriously ill and four-bed wards. The daily hospital expense was ...