Thiruvananthapuram: Soon, the entire staff of Sri Chitra Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology will adorn uniforms stitched in the tailoring unit of Poojappura Central Prison here. The new uniforms are being introduced to implement Covid-19 protocol.
According to Dr Vivek V Pillai of SCTIMST, till now only the staff who worked in intensive care units and operation theatres wore gowns. Now, with the hospital gearing up to treat emergency Covid-19 cases, hospital authorities have decided to implement this protocol.
“This is a protocol that is followed in hospitals in foreign countries. Once the staff reach the hospital they would change into the hospital uniform,” Vivek V Pillai said adding that the advantage of implementing this uniform system at this point of time is that the staff can be sure that no kind of contamination reaches home when they return home after work. The uniforms, which are of cotton and terry cotton fabric, can be washed and reused again, he said.
He also said the prison was the safest choice to entrust with the work when the hospital authorities decided to provide gowns for all the staff, including doctors, nurses and paramedics. The prison inmates belong to a community that has very less exposure to outside world.
The hospital has placed an order for 500 gowns. The fabric for the same were also provided by the hospital.
The prison department had come to the help of public when medical stores in the state ran out of masks due to panic buying.
Prison superintendent B Sunil Kumar said even though it is an important work, the main priority of the prison tailoring unit is still the manufacturing of masks. At present as many as 25 prison inmates are working in the tailoring unit. Out of these, three are engaged in the works of gown manufacturing and the rest are involved in the production of masks. The first set of 25 gowns were handed over to the hospital authorities on Wednesday by DGP Rishiraj Singh.
The prison authorities have also taken 10 new trainee tailors from among undertrial prisoners in the central prison to meet manpower shortage in the tailoring unit.
According to Dr Vivek V Pillai of SCTIMST, till now only the staff who worked in intensive care units and operation theatres wore gowns. Now, with the hospital gearing up to treat emergency Covid-19 cases, hospital authorities have decided to implement this protocol.
“This is a protocol that is followed in hospitals in foreign countries. Once the staff reach the hospital they would change into the hospital uniform,” Vivek V Pillai said adding that the advantage of implementing this uniform system at this point of time is that the staff can be sure that no kind of contamination reaches home when they return home after work. The uniforms, which are of cotton and terry cotton fabric, can be washed and reused again, he said.
He also said the prison was the safest choice to entrust with the work when the hospital authorities decided to provide gowns for all the staff, including doctors, nurses and paramedics. The prison inmates belong to a community that has very less exposure to outside world.
The hospital has placed an order for 500 gowns. The fabric for the same were also provided by the hospital.
The prison department had come to the help of public when medical stores in the state ran out of masks due to panic buying.
Prison superintendent B Sunil Kumar said even though it is an important work, the main priority of the prison tailoring unit is still the manufacturing of masks. At present as many as 25 prison inmates are working in the tailoring unit. Out of these, three are engaged in the works of gown manufacturing and the rest are involved in the production of masks. The first set of 25 gowns were handed over to the hospital authorities on Wednesday by DGP Rishiraj Singh.
The prison authorities have also taken 10 new trainee tailors from among undertrial prisoners in the central prison to meet manpower shortage in the tailoring unit.
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