Three isolation wards set up in Moga: CMO

Moga, April 10

Apart from the micro-level plan prepared by the district administration at the village-level, the district’s Health Department has been making arrangements to combat the spread of Covid.

Talking to The Tribune, Moga chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Andesh Kang said three isolation wards had been set up at district hospital in Moga city, at civil hospital in Baghapurana town and at a community health centre at Dhudike village.

She said four patients, who hailed from Mumbai, tested Covid positive and were shifted to an isolation centre here. They were now stable and recovering. The doctors and paramedical staff attending to them had been provided with personal protective equipment (PPE) kits as per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Health Affairs.

Due to the negligence of medical staff, one patient of asthma was taken to the isolation ward, but, luckily he did not get catch Covid infection. Following the incident, strict instructions had been given to the medical officers to be very careful, the CMO added.

“We have distributed 35,500 masks among commoners in the past couple of weeks. Also, our doctors and paramedical staff are going from house to house to advise people on how to keep themselves safe,” she said.

She said the Health Department had taken effective steps to sanitise ambulances. “We have so far used 450 liters of sanitiser to ensure that ambulances and hospitals are infection-free,” she said. — TNS