Covid positive report no longer mandatory for hospital admission

New Delhi, May 08: Union Health Ministry on Saturday revised national policy for admission of Covid patients to Covid facilities; stating that requirement of a positive test for Covid-19 virus is not mandatory for admission to a Covid health facility.

"A suspect case (of COVID-19) shall be admitted to the suspect ward of CCC, DCHC or DHC as the case may be. No patient will be refused services on any count. This includes medications such as oxygen or essential drugs even if the patient belongs to a different city," the health ministry said.

"No patient shall be refused admission on the ground that he or she is not able to produce a valid identity card that does not belong to the city where the hospital is located. Admissions to hospital must be based on need," it added.