Bokaro: The
Bokaro General Hospital (BGH) has launched a dedicated helpdesk to provide telephonic consultation to Covid-19
patients in home isolation. The hospital, which is owned and operated by the Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL), is only admitting critical Covid-19 patients from the general public in a bid to prevent shortage of beds.
“A team of doctors will attend calls and advice the patients on medicines and the further course of treatment round the clock. If needed, the doctors will also tell the patients whether they need hospitalisation,” a BGH official told TOI on Friday. However, the BGH is yet to make public its helpdesk
number.
As on Friday morning, Bokaro had 330 active cases, of which 90 were undergoing treatment in hospitals. The Bokaro administration is planning to turn a school building into a
Covid care centre (CCC) and has approached the BSL management for the same. “The BSL has assured to provide us with a 40-room school building for setting up a CCC,” DC Rajesh Singh said.
Besides setting up new facilities, plans are afoot to equip existing CCCs with oxygen-supported beds. “We will equip 25 beds with oxygen in the CCCs at Jaina Moad and Bermo, besides adding oxygen beds at the ANM Centre in Camp -2,” civil surgeon Dr A K Pathak said.
At present, the BGH is the only hospital in Bokaro to have dedicated Covid-19 wards.