‘Make list of pregnant women whose deliveries are expected by May 16’

TNN | Updated: May 3, 2020, 10:40 IST

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KANPUR: Health officials, involved in Covid-19 , have been directed on Saturday to prepare a list of pregnant women residing in the hotspot whose deliveries are expected by May 16 or between May 16 and May 31 .
Issuing the orders, divisional commissioner Sudhir M Bobde has directed the health officials to prepare such lists twice and without delay as the tests of pregnant women for Covid-19 would be done before the delivery time. Bobde said the corona positive women would be admitted in separate places and treated as per the guidelines. He has asked principal, GSVM medical college Dr Aarti Lalchandani, additional health director Dr R P Singh and CMO Dr AK Shukla to appoint an officer/doctor as a nodal officer of GSVM medical college microbiology lab for sampling.
The nodal officer would inform the CMO and the additional director about any problem in sampling. The CMO would be responsible for uploading the information on upcovid portal, the commissioner said and added that the principal of GSVM medical college would feed all data on lab portal.
“There should be similarity in both the data. In positive pregnant women cases, tracing and tracking will take place after receiving information from police and the health department. On the basis of these reports, the district magistrate will chalk out a strategy in consultation with the DIG, CMO and the municipal commissioner”, he added.