Strict monitoring of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic Covid-19 patients in home isolation will begin in Punjab from Friday with the State Government engaging a Consortium of Professional Home Healthcare Companies for their regular monitoring.
Health secretary Hussan Lal said that Health Vista Private Limited has been hired for the purpose, and their professional healthcare tele-callers will monitor, on a daily basis, the health of Covid patients in home isolation for less than 10 days. Daily calling of home isolation patients for monitoring their well-being will be done from three phone numbers — 01206679850, 08068972066 and 04068118722, said the government spokesperson, adding that the patients 40 years and above will be monitored on priority under this system. Patients are being requested to respond to these numbers when they receive calls from these.
Video Calls for consultation with the doctor, in case desired by Home Isolation (HI) patients will be arranged. For any emergency or ambulance requirement 108 or 104 can be dialed.
DISTRICT LEVEL TASK FORCE TO ENSURE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF OXYGEN
To augment the supply and distribution of Oxygen amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Punjab Government has set up a State and District-level task force to ensure that there is no shortfall.
The Government is set to float tenders for installing generation plants and storage tanks in all the three Government Medical College and Hospitals, with generation facilities at Civil Hospitals in Jalandhar and Ludhiana.