Drug de-addiction centre at PGI to restart on Jan 1

andigarh, December 25

The PGI will restart the inpatient department of Drug De-addiction Treatment Centre (DDTC) from January 1.

This facility visited by a huge number of people was closed down after the Covid outbreak early this year. The PGI, in a notice, has said that the DDTC, department of psychiatry will restart the inpatient services from January 1 with a capacity of 11 patients.

The Acting Medical Superintendent, Dr Ashok Kumar, said the arrangements regarding the opening of the DDTC had been done and as per the communication of the department, admissions to the centre would be done following the Covid-19 protocol.

“Due to the fear of infection spread, the admission and related procedures will strictly comply with the relevant guidelines regarding testing and the protocol followed in the Nehru Hospital as notified by the competent authority from time to time,” said Dr Ashok Kumar.

“The procedure for the admission will remain the same which was followed in the pre-Covid times. However, extra precaution regarding testing will also be taken. The centre will run at the 11-bed capacity,” said Dr SK Matto, head, department of psychiatry.

After the disruption of healthcare services due to Covid-19, many services have been started. However, there has been no decision on the reopening of physical OPDs at the primer institute which is visited by around 10,000 patients daily from Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh. — TNS