Jaipur: Fresh guidelines to segregate patients

TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2020, 07:36 IST

A deserted Johari Bazaar during lockdown in Jaipur on Tuesday

JAIPUR: Increasing Covid-19 cases in Jaipur has prompted the medical and health department to issue guidelines for separation of suspected, asymptomatic and other cases. The decision was taken to check the infection and also to segregate suspected and positive patients properly.
Till 5.30 pm pn Tuesday, the city had 441 positive cases with 71 being added in the day.
Additional chief secretary (health) Rohit Kumar Singh issued the special guidelines. “According to the new instructions, patients with corona infection symptoms and above 60 years of age and suffering from any other serious diseases will be admitted to Sawai Mansingh Hospital, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS), Mahatma Gandhi Hospital or Sitapura Hospital for treatment,” said an officer.
All patients infected with corona infection but are asymptomatic will be be admitted to NIMS Medical College, Government Jaipuria Hospital and ESI Model Hospital.
Similarly, suspects of corona infection will not be sent for quarantine in RUHS but to other scheduled quarantine centres. “District collector has been asked to make special arrangements in this regard,” said a senior officer.
Singh in the order also said patients coming from various parts of Rajasthan will no longer be referred to SMS Hospital. “They should be treated in the district hospitals as per the guidelines of the Centre and the state government. During surveys to be done at the community level, patients are classified according to the check list prescribed by the physician in-charge of the medical team or the physician of the primary health centre or community health centre or dispensary of the area,” the order said.