Kapurthala DC Deepti Uppal orders case studies of all deaths due to Covid -19

Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal on Wednesday ordered the conduct of “case studies” of all deaths which had occured in the district due to Covid 19. Reviewing the efforts to contain deaths due to the virus, the Deputy Commissioner said it was necessary to find out all aspects related to all deaths like the patients’ medical history, travel history, genetic problems, age factor, comorbid conditions.

She said it would facilitate the administration to implement more effective steps to stop the deaths in the district. She asked all SMOs to submit reports in this regard in two days. The Deputy Commissioner also asked the SDMs and SMOs for joint efforts to engage the services of private hospitals for testing in the rural areas.

To meet this object it was also ordered by the Deputy Commissioner to increase the mobile testing units so that each and every contact of Covid positive person can be traced out and tested. The instructions were meted out in a meeting which saw the participation of ADC (G) Rahul Chabha , ADC Phagwara Rajiv Verma, SDMs of all four subdivisions and ACS Dr Ramesh Kumari, Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr Sarika Duggal and all SMOs. – Aparna Banerji