Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 22
The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has taken an initiative to arrange daily virtual interaction of Covid patients (through video call) with their family members and relatives.
Yashpal Garg, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) and in-charge, Covid management at the GMCH-32, said: "The intention is to bring down the possible stress level of patients admitted to the hospital because they may feel better after interacting with their families or relatives. Tablets/smart phones have been arranged and the facility has already been introduced for patients at the Sector 48 hospital."
Video interaction with patients in home isolation
In another initiative, the GMCH, with the assistance of the CHB, has started video interaction with Covid patients in home isolation within the jurisdiction of South Zone and some part of the East Zone.
Video calling facility at 7657977814-815
Yashpal Garg, Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Housing Board and in-charge, Covid management at the GMCH-32, said patients in home isolation could avoid unnecessary travel to the GMCH-32. They could interact with doctors through video calling at phone numbers 7657977814-815.
Similar facility would be started for the patients admitted to the Sector 32 hospital also from tomorrow, he said, and clarified that the existing system of daily briefing to attendants/relatives of the Covid patients admitted to the hospital would continue without any change between 11 am and 1 pm.
Appreciating the initiative, UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore also desired to ensure regular checking of food being provided to the patients to maintain its quality and also to have variation in food items.
In another initiative, the GMCH-32, with the assistance of the CHB, has started video interaction with Covid patients in home isolation within the jurisdiction of South Zone and some part of the East Zone.
He said the video interaction was held with patients from Sector 32 to 46, Sector 49 to 63, Attawa, Kajheri, Burail, Palsora, Badheri, Shahpur, Buterala, Dadu Majra and Maloya in the South Zone and Sector 48, Grain Market and Nizampur in the East Zone.
"Interaction of doctors with patients in home isolation will reduce the possible anxiety level and will also provide a sense of security," Garg said.
He said patients in home isolation could avoid unnecessary travel to the GMCH-32. They could interact with doctors through video calling at phone numbers 7657977814-815.
Meanwhile, UT Adviser Manoj Parida has desired that to ensure the availability of required medicines and supportive staff, advance actions are needed to take care of the possible delays in supply chain.
"The stock of required medicines for Covid-related issues is being monitored and advance supply orders are being placed for sufficient quantity. A screening committee has also been constituted to be ready with a waitlist of qualified/suitable support, which can be deployed with a brief in-house training," he said.
Garg said: "There are sufficient arrangements in Level-1, Level-2 and Level-3 facilities with sufficient availability of oxygen and required medicines. Patients are being discharged and also being shifted from one level facility to another based on the requirement and the prescribed protocol."
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