Cuttack: Odisha Vigilance Director Debasis Panigrahi’s health condition further deteriorated on Monday. He will airlifted to a hospital in Kolkata, said sources.
A 4-member team from Kolkata Super Speciality Hospital has arrived at Ashwini hospital where the top IPS officer was admitted. He will be airlifted to Kolkata in ECMO support. A team of ECMO experts and another team of critical care are present at the Cuttack-based private hospital for his shifting.
Sources said the IPS officer was admitted to the Ashwini COVID Hospital on May 29. After initial treatment, his condition showed no signs of improvement. He was shifted to the ICU and put on a ventilator as his condition further deteriorated.
As his oxygen saturation continues to dip, doctors advised ECMO treatment which is not available in the State.
