The Chhattisgarh Health Department on Sunday asked district Chief Medical and Health Officers (CMHOs) to strictly implement the home isolation protocol for Covid-19 patients.
Covid cases are rapidly rising in Chhattisgarh. The Health Department said that on Saturday 5,818 fresh cases were detected in 24 hours. Also, 31 Covid positive people died, pushing the total death toll so far to 4,283 in the state.
Director (Health Service) Neeraj Bansod has issued the circular, a press release said.
The Department has asked private hospitals, nursing homes and doctors treating Covid patients in home isolation to provide information regarding their patients to the CMHO.
Patients will be permitted to go for home isolation only after they qualify the set parameters.
The patient’s home should be airy with a separate toilet. If they do not have such arrangements, the patients will have to be admitted in Covid care centres. Families using community toilets will not be allowed home isolation.
Before putting any patient on home isolation, an undertaking will be taken from them. They will be provided medical kit and their doctor or health worker will be in contact with them on phone during illness.
In case a patient develops complications, the patients will have to inform the doctors.