Non-Covid medical care may resume in PCMC hospitals

PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) may soon resume treatment for non-Covid patients at all its civic hospitals, pending a final review of the contagion situation in the twin cities.
Civic officials said they were positive about resuming non-Covid treatment. At present, all civic facilities are exclusively treating Covid cases, which is proving to be an inconvenience forthe other patients.
Santosh Londhe, chairman of the PCMC’s standing committee, said the administration should also look into non-Covid patients’ plight now that active cases have come down significantly. The decision to allow 50% non-Covid treatment at all civic facilities was taken in Thursday’s standing committee meeting, Londhe further said.
Lodhe said administration and health officials have been advised to keep separate entrances and tools for the two wings in each facility. He said the patients from the low-income group had been gravely affected by the unavailability of civic medical care.
A civic official said they would wait till the festive season was over to introduce any changes. “We cannot say when the situation could change and we will not take any chances. Some civic facilities will only allow 100% non-Covid treatment or not at all to avoid any chance of infection. This depends on whether Covid-19 treatment requirement sees a decline in the twin cities. The ongoing sero survey will give us a comprehensive picture of infection spread in civic limits,” he said.