Bhimduttanagar,
June 20 (RSS): Many infected are outside the access of hospital facility in the
Sudurpaschim State though it was urgent to treat them keeping them in isolation
ward. The hospitals and health institutions in nine districts of the state have
isolation wards with capacity to accommodate 333 infected but the number of
people testing positive for deadly coronavirus has reached 770.
According
to the Sudurpaschim State Health Directorate, the isolation wards here so far
have 114 infected people while there are 40 suspected patients.
The
virus-infected here are staying at home quarantines as per the circular of the
state government, informed director at state health directorate Dr Gunaraj
Awasthee.
A
circular was made from top-brass to inform the infected not showing coronavirus
symptoms to stay at home quarantines with high-level precautions, he said.
However, those home quarantined are in constant touch with health workers at
all local levels. He further said they would be kept in isolation and provided
with treatment only following the coronavirus symptoms were developed.
Therefore,
almost all local levels here have ramped up the capacity of isolation wards to
respond to the spurt in COVID-19 cases, he shared.
