BHUBANESWAR: The
state government on Tuesday issued a standard operating procedure to all the districts regarding referral of Covid patients to prevent overcrowding and deaths during transportation.
The government has divided the
30 districts in 11 clusters, each cluster having two to three districts. In case a district falls short of beds, it can use beds in the cluster assigned to it, as was done during first phase of Covid-19, the
health department said.
While referring a patient to any hospital, the referring
hospital has to first check with the receiving hospital regarding availability of bed.
The health department also asked the hospitals to regularly update the patients’ kin regarding their health. tnn