In view of the scare of the Coronavirus and the alert sounded by the state health department on the dreaded disease, the All India Institute Medical Science (AIIMS), Rishikesh has geared itself to tackle the disease.
The director, Ravi Kant said that proper arrangements will be made in the institute to protect people from the corona virus. He however added that people need to be cautious rather than panic.
On Wednesday, a meeting chaired by Dean Academic Professor Manoj Gupta was held in the institute on the issue. In the meeting it was decided that separate OPD and IPD wards would be set up in the institute for the suspected patients of the disease.
It was decided that a special team of the institute will coordinate with the nodal officer of the state government to test the patients suffering from the virus. The AIIMS has also decided to organise, public awareness programmes about the disease.
On the symptoms and prevention measures of the disease in a patient with corona virus, Dr Prasan Kumar Panda of the Department of General Medicine said that the corona virus infects both animals and humans.
Symptoms usually develop when a cold occurs. The feeling of being unwell like a runny nose, headache, cough, sore throat, and fever are some of its symptoms. For people with a weakened immune system, such as the elderly and adolescents, the virus can be more serious. It pertinent to mention here that the Uttarakhand government is on an alert more on the Coronavirus. The state health department of Uttarakhand is keeping strict vigil along the Indo- Nepal border. The teams of health department at deployed at nine transit points on Uttarakhand Nepal border.
These teams have been directed to keep a close vigil on those coming from Nepal and quarantine the suspected patients of fever and flu.
Apart from these transit points, the authorities are also scanning the visitors at Dehradun airport Jolly grant, Pantnagar airport and Pithoragarh airport. Special teams of the health department are also deployed at Haridwar railway station. These teams are keeping an eye on passengers suffering from fever.
