Published 08:25 IST, April 8th 2020
IMPORTANT: Centre demarcates treatment management for Covid suspects and confirmed cases
The government has thus divided the facilities into three - COVID Care centre, Dedicated COVID Health Care and Dedicated COVID Hospital.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has published a guideline in order to help people break chain of transmissions by keeping those have tested positive and those who are suspected of virus separate. Ministry hopes to make maximum use of available facilities for those who have a heavy viral load.
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Government issues guidelines
government has thus divided facilities into three - COVID Care centre, Dedicated COVID Health Care and Dedicated COVID Hospital.
COVID Care Centers shall offer care only for cases that have been clinically assigned as mild or very mild cases or COVID suspect cases and are makeshift facilities. se may be set up in hostels, hotels, schools, stadiums, lodges etc., both public and private.
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Dedicated COVID Health Centres are hospitals that shall offer care for all cases that have been clinically assigned as moderate. se should eir be a full hospital or a separate block in a hospital with preferably separate entry\exit/zoning. se hospitals must have separate areas for suspect and confirmed case, and suspect and confirmed cases must t be allowed to mix under any circumstances
Dedicated COVID Hospitals are hospitals that shall offer comprehensive care primarily for those who have been clinically assigned as severe. Dedicated COVID Hospitals should eir be a full hospital or a separate block in a hospital with preferably separate entry\exit.
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category of cases can be decided as confirmed and clinically mild, confirmed cases clinically assigned as moderate and confirmed cases clinically assigned as severe.
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It is critical for hospitals to follow se guidelines because more than 40 doctors and health care workers have tested positive in Delhi and Mumbai, leading to Delhi State Cancer Institute in capital and Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai being sealed and have been declared as 'containment zones.'
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08:25 IST, April 8th 2020