Health Department English news | Health Department, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

In a bid to strengthen health infrastructure in rural areas amid the COVID-19 second wave, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday directed district authorities to ensure a five-bed COVID Care Centre in every panchayat of the Union Territory.He also approved Rs 1 lakh from the district Capex budget for the creation of facilities in schools, community halls, and panchayat ghars in consultation with the nearest health centre and panchayat representatives.In a series of tweets, Sinha directed the deputy commissioners and health department to ensure a COVID care centre in every panchayat of Jammu and Kashmir as many households may not have the option for isolation of COVID positive patients."Directed DCs and Health Department to ensure 5-bedded Covid Care Centre in every Panchayat of J&K as many households may not have the option for isolation of Covid positive patients in their own residence. Each Centre to have One Oxygen-Supported Bed for immediate patient care," Sinha said in a tweet."Rs. 1 Lakh approved from District Capex Budget for creation of facilities in School, Community hall or Panchayat ghar in consultation with nearest Health Centre and Panchayat representatives," he added.The centres would be equipped with necessary medical kits and linked to the nearest health centre. People needing isolation would be identified by the panchayats and concerned medical staff besides ASHA workers, Sinha said."Mobile testing vans to be utilised to cover villages for testing with the help of PRIs and volunteers. Medical officers to establish referral linkage with dedicated Covid Health Centres and dedicated Covid Hospitals," Sinha tweeted."The persons needing isolation shall be identified by the Panchayats/ concerned Medical Staff / ASHA Workers. Mobile testing vans to be utilized to cover villages for testing with the help of PRIs and volunteers," he wrote.He said ambulance services in rural areas have oxygen support for safely transporting the patients to COVID-dedicated hospitals."Medical officers to establish referral linkage with dedicated Covid Health Centres and dedicated Covid Hospitals. Ambulance services in rural areas to have oxygen support for safely transporting the patients to Covid dedicated Hospitals," Sinha wrote.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Health DepartmentFOLLOW

Health department, Latest News

As many as 764 cases of black fungus have been reported so far and 49 people have succumbed to the disease in Indore, informed Apoorva Tiwari, District Data Manager, Health Department, Indore. ...

Uttarakhand's Dehradun district on Sunday reported 20 new cases of black fungus and the death of three patients during treatment. ...

The Central government is mulling over a mechanism to enable hassle-free domestic air travel and to do away with the mandatory RT-PCR report for those passengers who have received both jabs of a COVID-19 vaccine. ...

Hyderabad, June 1 Telangana's daily Covid-19 count dropped further to 2,493 on Tuesday while the number of deaths ... ...

To give a boost to the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination programme, the administration in Indore on Tuesday launched a drive-in vaccination facility for people above 45 years of age. ...

Faced with rising 'Black Fungus' cases, the Uttarakhand government announced production of injections used in treatment of the disease known medically as mucormycosis. ...

Aurangabad, May 22: Asha, Anganwadi and Health Department workers are keeping a watch on 4,000 malnourished children of the ... ...

In a bid to strengthen health infrastructure in rural areas amid the COVID-19 second wave, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday directed district authorities to ensure a five-bed COVID Care Centre in every panchayat of the U ...