Patients with co-morbidities need special care: CM

Tribune News Service

Shimla, September 27

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said a common strategy must be devised to provide proper treatment to Covid patients, especially those with co-morbid illnesses. He stated this while presiding over a video-conference with DCs, SPs, chief medical officers, principals and medical superintendents of medical colleges here today.

Expressing concern over the increase in the number of Covid deaths during the past few days, Thakur said doctors must ensure proper treatment to patients, especially those with co-morbid conditions. A proper protocol must be adopted for the asymptomatic patients undergoing home isolation.

The CM said senior doctors must visit Covid-19 patients daily to oversee their treatment. He directed the medical superintendents to ensure at least two rounds in a day to monitor all facilities, such as cleanliness in Covid ward, treatment to the patients, quality of food and condition of toilets in the hospitals.

He said a special thrust must be laid on ensuring better health facilities at IGMC-Shimla, Dr RPMC, Tanda, and LBSMC, Nerchowk, keeping in view the large number of Covid patients in these medical colleges and hospitals.

A strategy for Information Education and Communication (IEC) must be framed to motivate patients with influenza-like symptoms to rush to hospitals. This would help in timely detection and treatment of the patients, he stated.

The Chief Minister said isolation wards in Chamba, Hamirpur and Nahan medical colleges would start functioning from tomorrow.

This would reduce the referral cases to IGMC Shimla, Dr RPMC, Tanda, and LBSMC, Ner Chowk. Also, 15 to 20-bed isolation facility would be provided in each of these medical colleges to facilitate the patients.