11 deliveries during curfew at Posi Primary Health Centre

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, April 12

The Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Posi village, which is one of the hotspots of Covid-19, has also been providing necessary health services to village residents.

During the curfew, as many as 11 deliveries were conducted and 1,200 patients were examined at the OPD of the PHC. The medical staff of the PHC has been performing their duties round the clock, besides regularly examining 1,161 persons, who have been quarantined at their houses in the area.

Posi SMO Raghbir Singh said at the centre, a resident of Moranwali village had died and as a precaution, those who came in contact with him and his family members had been quarantined.

He said despite this, emergency health services were being provided at the PHC. He added that it had been ensured that pregnant women do not face any problem.

Besides, the PHC is being sanitised twice to eradicate the chance of infection. Besides, children have been given vaccination while maintaining social distance.

Having a population of 1,77,432 people in the area that comes under the PHC, eight rapid response teams have been constituted. Posi is the only village where the maximum number of people (1,161) in the state has been quarantined. Praising health workers, DC Apneet Riyat said the 1,161 persons who had been quarantined were being monitored.