Tribune News Service
Karnal, May 25
A post-Covid care centre “Umang” was established at the district Civil hospital on Tuesday by the authorities following the directions of the state government.
Apart from having OPD facility for post-Covid patients for their check-up and follow-up, the centre has a six-bed post-Covid ward, where the patients will be admitted if the doctors suggest. Specialist service, oxygen, medicines and other facilities will be provided there to the patients, said Dr Piyush Sharma, Principal Medical Officer (PMO).
Three specialists — one each chest and TB, general physician, and dental have been deployed in the OPD, while the other specialists such as orthopedician, ENT, and a general surgeon have been kept on call duty, Sharma maintained.
A physiotherapist and psychologist will be available at the centre for the rehabilitation and physiological advise, he added.
Four doctors from Ayush have also been deployed who will also provide their service in the ward and the OPD round the clock, he maintained. In the general OPD, it has been witnessed that post-Covid patients are coming with complaints of breathlessness.
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