LUCKNOW: After healthcare staff accused 14 Tablighi Jamaat attendees, who are being quarantined at Balrampur Hospital, of misbehaviour and following unhygienic practices, doctors have found a way to deal with the situation.
Earlier, several persons were brought to the hospital of 14 were put in quarantine at the hospital for a few days.
However, the hospital staff tending to them alleged that they were misbehaving with them and were spitting at every nook and corner increasing the possibility of infection for others.
To deal with the situation, the doctors got all the windows of the ward sealed and left only two holes in a window open – the smaller one for thermal screening and the bigger for blood pressure monitoring.
According to doctors, the suspected corona patients are first asked to come close to the smaller hole through which their temperature is recorded. They are then asked to put their hand in the bigger hole, to which a cloth is attached, to get their blood pressure checked. “We devised the arrangement to minimise contact with suspected patients as some of our employees expressed reluctance to attend them,” said director, Balrampur Hospital, Dr Rajiv Lochan.
He said an 11-member team had been deployed for isolation wards. “Two sanitation workers clean wards twice daily. A team of two – a ward boy and a sanitation worker – puts food outside wards in trolleys twice a day. Their health check-up is done by a doctor once daily. Besides, four doctors call each one in the ward on phone to inquire about their health four times a day,” Dr Lochan said.
As compared to Balrampur Hospital, KGMU has a dedicated 21-member staff for isolation ward which is divided into three teams – one each for three shifts. Each team has a doctor, a nurse, two ward boys and three cleaners. They report to a consultant who keeps the ward’s in charge updated. Two doctors are also there for swab sampling.
Earlier, several persons were brought to the hospital of 14 were put in quarantine at the hospital for a few days.
However, the hospital staff tending to them alleged that they were misbehaving with them and were spitting at every nook and corner increasing the possibility of infection for others.
To deal with the situation, the doctors got all the windows of the ward sealed and left only two holes in a window open – the smaller one for thermal screening and the bigger for blood pressure monitoring.
According to doctors, the suspected corona patients are first asked to come close to the smaller hole through which their temperature is recorded. They are then asked to put their hand in the bigger hole, to which a cloth is attached, to get their blood pressure checked. “We devised the arrangement to minimise contact with suspected patients as some of our employees expressed reluctance to attend them,” said director, Balrampur Hospital, Dr Rajiv Lochan.
He said an 11-member team had been deployed for isolation wards. “Two sanitation workers clean wards twice daily. A team of two – a ward boy and a sanitation worker – puts food outside wards in trolleys twice a day. Their health check-up is done by a doctor once daily. Besides, four doctors call each one in the ward on phone to inquire about their health four times a day,” Dr Lochan said.
As compared to Balrampur Hospital, KGMU has a dedicated 21-member staff for isolation ward which is divided into three teams – one each for three shifts. Each team has a doctor, a nurse, two ward boys and three cleaners. They report to a consultant who keeps the ward’s in charge updated. Two doctors are also there for swab sampling.
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