The dedicated Covid Hospital managed by the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) here has treated over 5,600 Covid-19 patients so far.
Most of these patients come for routine checkup after being discharged. Some of them complain of weakness, general fatigue, breathlessness, body pain and joint pain even after a few months of discharge. Most of these patients are elderly and have residual lung and kidney injuries and inflammation lasting for a long time.
Now, the KIMS hospital has opened a Speciality Clinic in its OPD complex to cater to such patients suffering from post-Covid syndrome. Senior specialists of Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine will attend to these patients on all working days from 10 am to 1 pm. The patients having lungs or kidney injuries will be examined; and, if required, referred to rheumatologists, cardiologists, neurologist or psychiatrists.
This Speciality Clinic is expected to be of immense help to those who have been discharged but develop symptoms even after getting some treatment and have associated diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases.