Karnal administration indulges Covid patients with games, yoga

Tribune News Service

Karnal, July 1

The district administration has found a novel way of keeping Covid patients busy at Covid care centre in Gurukul Nilokheri by involving them in games, yoga and other recreational activities.

The centre, which was started on June 12, has so far received 72 patients. Of them, 10 have been discharged.

Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said they had started the centre for asymptomatic and patients with mild symptoms with an aim to boost their immunity. “We have deployed three AYUSH doctors and doctors from Nilokheri community health centre to take care of the patients,” said the DC, adding that health of the patients was being monitored twice a day, and people who tested negative in their following reports were discharged with a strict direction to home quarantine themselves for 7 days.

The DC said cricket, basketball, football and badminton coaches, along with yoga instructors, were keeping the patients busy. “A dedicated diet chart for patients was being followed by the authorities. Initially, we had started with 150 beds, however, soon the capacity of the centre will be increased to 600 beds,” said the DC.

Meanwhile, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (KCGMC) has been declared a Covid health centre for clinically moderate patients. Now, the patients who were earlier sent to a medical college, Mullana, will be treated here. As many as 125 beds with oxygen facility have been reserved for moderate patients, and if required, more beds will be added.

“As per the guidelines issued by the Additional Chief Secretary, Health, a dedicated Covid health centre has been set up with 125 beds having oxygen facility in the KCGMC, where moderate Covid patients will be treated,” the DC added. He said from now on, only critically ill Covid patients would be sent to the medical college, Mullana.

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