Private hospitals to treat Covid-19 from 26 March |
India`s private hospitals will begin treatment and admission of Covid-19 patients from Thursday. After a surge of Covid-19 cases in India and a possible threat of community transmission, the government has roped in private hospitals and directed them to begin admissions. So far, the private healthcare institutions were only required to collect throat swab samples for suspected Covid-19 patients and advise them to home quarantine while awaiting test results. The government had last week asked private hospitals to gear up for treating Covid-19 by identifying separate isolation wards. Even as hospitals will begin admissions from Thursday, they still do not have requisite permissions from the Indian Council of Medical Research for testing. Major private hospital chains confirmed that admissions would begin over the next 24 hours by Thursday. All private hospital chains have identified isolation wards, which are accessible from a separate entrance and have independent air ducts to prevent any infection to other patients in the hospitals. Isolation beds have been kept at a distance of 1 metre and wards have been equipped with oxygen supply and ventilators. The hospitals have identified dedicated manpower, which will work in shorter hour shifts but would work for one week and get two weeks off.
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