In E S’bhum, teams to inspect homes that have Covid patients in isolation

Jamshedpur: In order to ensure Covid patients in home isolation are complying with the Union health ministry guidelines, East Singhbhum district has formed a team of incident commanders (IC) to conduct physical inspection of the accommodations. Sources in the district health department said that in the last three weeks they came across a few cases wherein the houses preferred by patients did not match up to the guidelines.
Officials sais said the teams will visit homes to check if there is a separate room and a toilet for asymptomatic patients. Upon satisfaction, the team will recommend the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) team to grant permission to the patient for home isolation.
Currently, over 1,000 asymptomatic patients are undergoing treatment under home isolation in the district. Till Thursday, the district saw 5,817 cases of which, 2,213 are still active while 3,439 have recovered. The district has recorded 165 deaths till date. “Considering the steady rise, the number of patients in home isolation will go up,” said civil surgeon Dr R N Jha.
Meanwhile, aInteractive Voice Response System (IVRS) will be utilised for monitoring and communication with patients staying in home isolation, officials informed. Approved by the state health department, the IVRS technology is efficient in communicating with several people at the same time from a distance. “The technology is effective for communicating with a person in home isolation to know about his condition on a regular basis,” said a health official.
The administration has also approved three private laboratories — SRL Diagnostic, Pathkind labs and Dr Lal Pathlabs — in the city for testing of patients in home isolation.