Patiala: Special secretary, health and medical education reviews Covid-19 treatment facilities at Rajindra Hospital

PATIALA: Special secretary, department of health and family welfare, medical education and research visited Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital Patiala on Saturday and took stock of the Covid situation in the district and the treatment and care of Covid patients. Similarly, a Truenat machine was also made functional at Rajindra Hospital for testing of emergency and surgery cases besides frontline warriors.
Special secretary Amit Kumar also held a meeting with Patiala deputy commissioner Kumar Amit, PDA chief administrator and in-charge of Covid Care Surbhi Malik, additional deputy commissioner (development) Preeti Yadav, assistant commissioner (UT) Nirmal Oseppachan, director, medical education Avnish Kumar, Principal, Govt Medical College Harjinder Singh, Civil Surgeon Harish Malhotra, Medical Superintendent Paras Pandov. In the meeting, they discussed about enhancing the testing capacity in the district and further improving the advanced treatment facilities at Rajindra Hospital.
The special secretary directed the Civil Surgeon to increase the testing to check the spread of Covid-19 in the district so that the epidemic could not spread further. He also appealed to the people to get tested immediately in case of developing any symptoms so that they could be treated in time if they tested positive. He said that 100 per cent testing should be done in the containment zones and emphasis should be laid on locating maximum Covid contacts.
Instructing further to ensure that the health check-up of the patients admitted in the isolation ward of Rajindra Hospital to be done as per the prescribed norms, Special secretary Amit Kumar said that there should not be lack of infrastructure facilities and whatever they need, would be provided in time.
He said that at Rajindra Hospital, patients from private hospitals in Haryana and other major cities of Punjab come in critical condition but our doctors and other medical personnel are committed to take care of the patients at the risk of their lives. He appreciated the hospital authorities for being the only hospital in the region, having dialysis facility for Covid-19 patients.