'Overweight Covid patients tend to develop other ailments as well'

LNJP medical director Suresh Kumar has said that overweight coronavirus patients have a lot more to worry about as they are tend to develop other diseases too. He said people must exercise and take care of their health.

New Delhi: As many as 123 coronavirus patients out of the total 412 admitted in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP), the capital city's biggest Covid-19 Hospital, are overweight and have other medical problems as well.

Medical director Suresh Kumar told ETV Bharat here that overweight patents of coronavirus are difficult to treat but all care is taken while giving them any

medical help to recover from the disease.

He said overweight people are prone to more diseases and it is advised that people must take care of their weight.

Dr Kumar said that doctors and nurses have been advised to take extra care while dealing with such patients.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced that no death was recorded at the LNJP on Monday. According to the government health bulletin, the active cases in the city dropped to 10,887 on Tuesday as compared to 10,994 on Monday.