Level-III facility begins at Nawanshahr Civil Hospital

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Nawanshahr, May 20

Level-III facility for severe Covid-19 patients started after installation of two ventilators at the Nawanshahr Civil Hospital on Thursday.

Level-III facility provides treatment to very critical patients who require ICU or ventilator support, have dipping oxygen level & difficulty in breathing

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Civil Surgeon Dr Gurdeep Singh Kapur said the needy do not need to pay extra as they would get best treatment at the Civil Hospital.

The Level-III facility for critically ill patients commenced with two ventilators and the Health Department has sought two more ventilators from private hospitals.

At present, 15 patients have been receiving treatment at Level-III facilities in private hospitals.

As per information, the district received five ventilators on Wednesday and all of them were found non-functional. The Civil Surgeon then took up the matter with the Health Department. “An engineer from the Health Department will visit and install the ventilators,” said the Civil Surgeon.

Due to limited ventilators and shortage of staff, the Level-III facility could not be started earlier in the district. Now, the Health Department has planned to outsource nurses and sweepers for the Level-III unit.

Earlier, the district authorities had received 10 ventilators, of which three each were given to Mohali and Jalandhar. Deputy Commissioner Dr Shena Aggarwal visited an isolation ward at the Civil Hospital and reviewed the treatment being provided to patients. She urged the staff to provide best treatment to patients. The Civil Surgeon said positivity rate in rural areas was increasing at a rapid pace for the last two weeks.

Dr Kapur said ASHA workers would go door to door in every village to check for Covid-19 related symptoms.

He said pulse oximeters were being provided to ASHA workers and villagers should cooperate with them and other medical staff in order to tackle the pandemic. “The Health Department is working day and night to ensure safety of people during the pandemic. Masses should cooperate with the department,” he said.