46 isolation centres in Rohtak without facilities

Ravinder Saini
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, May 17

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Isolation centres have been set up in 46 villages in Rohtak district, but not a single Covid patient has reported there over the past three days.

Villagers avoid coming to these centres citing non-availability of proper facilities. The authorities, however, say the centres are meant for providing isolation space to those who can’t do so at home. “How can patients move to isolation centres that don’t have doctors, support staff, medicines etc. Patients need at least attendants to give them water, food and medicines etc. on time, but there is no such arrangement. Hence, staying at home is better than shifting to these centres,” said an ailing resident of Bainsi village.

Bainsi Sarpanch Krishan Chhabra said many villagers were running fever, but in the absence of Covid testing they were not shifting to these isolation centres. “A 10-bed isolation centre was set up in the village three days ago, but it has no doctor, nurse or medicines. I have written to the Civil Surgeon to arrange necessary facilities there,” he said. Around 25 villagers had died in a month, he added. Similar is the situation at CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s Nindana village where over 20 persons are suffering from Covid, but none of them has gone to the isolation centre.

Mahesh Kumar, CEO (DRDA)-cum-nodal officer for isolation centres, confirmed that not a single patient had come to any of the 46 centres in the district so far. He, however, said, “Basic facilities like beds, drinking water, conveniences, medicines etc. have been made available at these centres and a health official will also visit these centres daily for examining patients. Those developing complications will be shifted to a hospital immediately.”