The Bastar district authorities on Monday organised a mock drill to test the preparedness of the officials and to check coordination between the different departments, to ensure immediate treatment is provided if a coronavirus positive case is detected.
As part of the mock drill, the different process of treating a person infected with the virus as carried out a selected neighbourhood of Jagdalpur city.
Officials from different departments took part in the mock drill and enacted the way how they would transport a coronavirus positive patient safely from his home to the Jagdalpur medical college and hospital and also ensure the person’s treatment.
During the mock drill, the entire neighbourhood selected, was sealed off.
Officials and healthcare workers who took part in the drill, also “mock-collected ” swab samples of the family members, neighbours and those who came in contact with the “suspected” coronavirus-infected person.
The city municipal corporation also sanitized the entire neighbourhood where the mock drill was held.
The officials also carried out a mock surveillance, and arranged for an ambulance and other necessary arrangement required for transporting a coronavirus-infected person.
The drill also carried out the complete treatment protocol.
Bastar collector Dr Ayyaz Tamboli, SP, senior health, police and municipal council officials were present at the mock drill to assess the preparedness and to plug loopholes they noticed and to suggest improvements.