CHCs TO BE USED AS LEVEL 2 COVID CARE FACILITIES
JALANDHAR, JULY 25, 2020: Further augmenting the medical infrastructure to deal the surge in Covid cases efficaciously, Community Health Centre (CHC) Dada Colony has been now equipped with piped oxygen supply, which would now act as level 2 Covid Care facility.
The work in CHC Dada Colony was completed under the supervision of SDM-1 Dr Jai Inder Singh.
It is pertinent to mention that the administration had begun installation work of piped Oxygen Supply at 100-beds in three urban Community Health Centres (CHCs) in the last week including Basti Guzan, Dada Colony and Khambra.
The work of piped oxygen supply has already been finished at Basti Guzan CHC few days back.
Divulging more information, Deputy Commissioner said that the district administration is committed to tackle any kind of exigency in view of the surge in Covid cases and three of urban CHCs were upgraded for ensuring treatment to the category of level-2 patients.
He said that the health infrastructure in these CHCs was being ramped up with the help of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.
The Deputy Commissioner maintained that testing, tracing and treatment is cornerstone of our fight against the pandemic and the major need is to take care of elderly people and high-risk population with co-morbidities that was at high risk of developing severe illness.
He emphasised that people should immediately consult doctor in case of any symptom of COVID as a preventive measure so as to prevent further spread of Coronavirus. . The Deputy Commissioner said that all of us should work in tandem in these tough times to beat the coronavirus in larger public interests so that the precious lives could be saved.
He said that it was the bounden duty of district administration to ensure quality treatment to the Covid infected persons in Jalandhar by upgrading the health infrastructure with special focus on isolation beds with oxygen, ventilators and ICU. He told that the administration was fighting the battle against the novel coronavirus effectively and evaluating the situation round the clock.
He underlined that there was no need to get panicked and urged the people to strictly adhere to the health and safety protocols wearing mask, washing hands frequently and maintaining two-yard distancing.