Take measures to protect medics from infection, district admn told

State govt to provide PPE kits to private hospitals from Covid Care Fund

LUCKNOW : A day after 65 staff members of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) were quarantined after a patient who was attended to by them tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, the state government issued orders to the health department and the district administrative officers to take preventive measures for protection of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff from infection.

Also, the state government has decided to provide PPE kits to private hospitals from Covid Care Fund for the protection of doctors and para medical staff from coronavirus.

So far, the government has issued notices to 19 private hospitals across the state that they would be converted into exclusive Covid-19 hospitals as and when the situation demanded so, said principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad. Earlier, a government order (GO) was issued that private hospitals would be converted into Covid-19 hospitals as per the need.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi said in a meeting with the senior officers chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed concern over the KGMU incident. He then directed the officers to take preventive measures in the hospitals, provide PPE kits and equipment to the medical staff deputed in the hospitals, Awasthi added.

The master trainers in the health and medical education departments will be also imparted training for the protection from coronavirus. The master trainers, in turn,will train the district level trainers, doctors, nurses and para-medical staff for protection from coronavirus. The NCC and NSS cadets who have been deputed in the awareness programme will also be trained.

Also, the state government has decided to start the emergency services in the hospital to provide medical facilities to the patients who are suffering with serious kidney, liver and heart disease.

The medical teams deputed in the emergencies will be supplied PPE kits and other items for the protection from coronavirus, the additional chief secretary said.

The chief minister will hold meeting with the officers of health and medical education departments to start the emergency services. The measures required to protect the medical team working in the hospitals will be also discussed in the meeting, he said.

The CM will give instructions to all chief medical officers and chief medical superintendents of the government hospitals for implementation of the Covid protocol in all hospitals in the state

for protection of the doctors and para-medical staff from infection, Awasthi said.

A 55-year-old corona patient living in Naya Gaon in Qaiserbagh area had come to the KGMU on Saturday evening. He visited many areas on the campus and was brought to the triage area. Later, he was shifted to the isolation facility and had to be put on ventilator. But in this process, he came in contact with many staff members who were not protected well against infection.

Principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad said around 50 staff of the KGMU had been quarantined. Their samples were sent for lab test, he said.