As part of COVID-19 containment measures, the district administration has submitted a ‘Preparedness and surge management plan’ for the district to the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA).
The document outlines strategies that will be adopted by the district in different COVID-19 scenarios that may evolve.
For instance, if the district has 500 active patients on a given day, the aspects such as infrastructure, human resources, testing, and transportation will be managed in a particular way. Or for that matter, if there are 1,000 or even 5,000 patients on a given day, the scenarios can be tackled effectively in a specific manner. All these have been made clear in the document.
The plan is based on predictions drawn from standardised models derived at the State-level. For formulating the plan, the administration has, jointly with the District Medical Office, assessed in detail infrastructure certified as presently functioning/available and ready for take-over.
The district administration also decided to maintain a reserve resource of trained health personnel, including doctors, for COVID management, District Collector Navjot Khosa said on Wednesday.
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