HYDERABAD: The inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) on a visit to Telangana to monitor lockdown implementation measures called for better measures at King Koti hospital. It suggested that patients should not be admitted in wards where there are no separate attached bathrooms.
Union home ministry joint secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Thursday said employees and patients should be assigned separate corridors for wearing PPE kits in the hospital. “We visited Gandhi Hospital. Required protocols for discharge and treatment are being followed. More than 93% of patients in the region have been treated here. We also found that implementation of lockdown and physical distancing is being done more or less well,” she said.
She said the state has adequate number of testing kits, PPE kits, etc. The state is using an end-to-end IT dashboard to track patients right from testing to discharge. The team also visited hospitals, shelter homes and construction sites. The official said they found labourers working without masks at some construction sites. The team has suggested to the authorities to provide masks and sanitisers to them and follow social distancing.
During the visit of containment zone of Humayun Nagar, IMCT found that essential goods are being provided by GHMC at residents’ doorstep. The police are using drone technology for surveillance.
Meanwhile, a BJP team led by Telangana state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar interacted with the central team through video conference, along with doctors.
Union home ministry joint secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Thursday said employees and patients should be assigned separate corridors for wearing PPE kits in the hospital. “We visited Gandhi Hospital. Required protocols for discharge and treatment are being followed. More than 93% of patients in the region have been treated here. We also found that implementation of lockdown and physical distancing is being done more or less well,” she said.
She said the state has adequate number of testing kits, PPE kits, etc. The state is using an end-to-end IT dashboard to track patients right from testing to discharge. The team also visited hospitals, shelter homes and construction sites. The official said they found labourers working without masks at some construction sites. The team has suggested to the authorities to provide masks and sanitisers to them and follow social distancing.
During the visit of containment zone of Humayun Nagar, IMCT found that essential goods are being provided by GHMC at residents’ doorstep. The police are using drone technology for surveillance.
Meanwhile, a BJP team led by Telangana state chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar interacted with the central team through video conference, along with doctors.
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