BENGALURU: Now that the number of daily fresh COVID-19 infections has come down, all hospitals should start providing Non-Covid Health Services The state’s Kovid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has also recommended to the government.
In its recent report to the government, the TAC said, “Despite the decline in fresh cases, there is no certainty that the pandemic is likely to end soon. Therefore, to ensure that the patients do not face any hardship, the TAC, after due deliberation, recommended that all hospitals, both government and private, in the State, on a daily and continuous basis from now onwards Arrangements should be made to provide both non-Covid services. ,
The panel of experts said that under no circumstances should non-Covid services be denied in any hospital.
“Furthermore, people in need of life-saving emergency medical services are being subjected to COVID tests, but they should not be denied or services should not be delayed,” the 154th TAC report said.
A TAC member suggested that people should learn to live with the virus as “Covid-19 is here to stay”.
“There is a need to ensure that a patient who is suffering from heart, kidney, cancer or any other disorder and has also contracted COVID-19, is treated in the same hospital along with the viral infection and primary illness. should,” said the member. “In the third wave, COVID-19 was an accidental finding in most cases, although they had no symptoms.”
Committee members said that in the third wave, many hospitals referred infected people to designated Covid-19 hospitals, which had limitations in treating patients for non-Covid health problems.
“A premier government hospital in Bengaluru is only admitting people with influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory illness, while specializing in treating chest ailments,” said a TAC member. “This hospital still refers Covid-19 cases to other hospitals. It is only forcing patients to move from one hospital to another.”
Shree Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research has bucked this trend and has also treated heart patients for COVID-19 on its campus. Dr CN Manjunath, director of the institute and member of the state’s clinical expert committee, said, “Since the beginning of the pandemic, two of our seven ICUs are reserved for heart patients who contract COVID.”
“We treat them for Covid and also for their heart disease. This should be the practice everywhere.”
TAC members cited examples of kidney patients who were referred to designated Covid hospitals, although many of these hospitals lacked dialysis facilities. TAC members say similar issues are likely to come up in future as well. They point out that, in many cases, COVID is an accidental finding and going forward, all hospitals should be able to handle patients who test positive for COVID on their own.
“If the designated Covid hospital does not have facilities for treatment of non-Covid disease, then patients should not suffer as they do not have access to treatment for their primary disease. The patient may not die of Covid, but worsening concomitant diseases and lack of treatment for the primary disease can claim his life,” said a doctor at a designated Covid hospital.
In its recent report to the government, the TAC said, “Despite the decline in fresh cases, there is no certainty that the pandemic is likely to end soon. Therefore, to ensure that the patients do not face any hardship, the TAC, after due deliberation, recommended that all hospitals, both government and private, in the State, on a daily and continuous basis from now onwards Arrangements should be made to provide both non-Covid services. ,
The panel of experts said that under no circumstances should non-Covid services be denied in any hospital.
“Furthermore, people in need of life-saving emergency medical services are being subjected to COVID tests, but they should not be denied or services should not be delayed,” the 154th TAC report said.
A TAC member suggested that people should learn to live with the virus as “Covid-19 is here to stay”.
“There is a need to ensure that a patient who is suffering from heart, kidney, cancer or any other disorder and has also contracted COVID-19, is treated in the same hospital along with the viral infection and primary illness. should,” said the member. “In the third wave, COVID-19 was an accidental finding in most cases, although they had no symptoms.”
Committee members said that in the third wave, many hospitals referred infected people to designated Covid-19 hospitals, which had limitations in treating patients for non-Covid health problems.
“A premier government hospital in Bengaluru is only admitting people with influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory illness, while specializing in treating chest ailments,” said a TAC member. “This hospital still refers Covid-19 cases to other hospitals. It is only forcing patients to move from one hospital to another.”
Shree Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research has bucked this trend and has also treated heart patients for COVID-19 on its campus. Dr CN Manjunath, director of the institute and member of the state’s clinical expert committee, said, “Since the beginning of the pandemic, two of our seven ICUs are reserved for heart patients who contract COVID.”
“We treat them for Covid and also for their heart disease. This should be the practice everywhere.”
TAC members cited examples of kidney patients who were referred to designated Covid hospitals, although many of these hospitals lacked dialysis facilities. TAC members say similar issues are likely to come up in future as well. They point out that, in many cases, COVID is an accidental finding and going forward, all hospitals should be able to handle patients who test positive for COVID on their own.
“If the designated Covid hospital does not have facilities for treatment of non-Covid disease, then patients should not suffer as they do not have access to treatment for their primary disease. The patient may not die of Covid, but worsening concomitant diseases and lack of treatment for the primary disease can claim his life,” said a doctor at a designated Covid hospital.
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