The Cuttack district administration has decided to set up a separate fever clinic at the SCB Medical College Hospital here to diagnose patients suffering from COVID-19 symptoms.
Central RDC Anil Kumar Samal has directed SCB Superintendent Dr Annada Prasad Patnaik to make the fever clinic functional within three days.
Attending a meeting held at the SCB on Thursday on coronavirus, the RDC reviewed that there is a shortage of the chemical ‘reagents’ required for COVID-19 testing at the laboratory.
He asked the SCB officials to approach the Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL) for immediate supply of the chemicals; and in case the OSMCL fails, to purchase the chemicals from other sources.
While plans have been made to test more swab samples at the SCB, a total of 124 samples were tested at the laboratory on Thursday and results of all the tests came out negative.
Notably, the Government has declared 16 private hospitals as ‘fever clinics’ in Bhubaneswar to attend to patients complaining of fever or flu- like symptoms.
Besides, the patients can visit the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, the RGH in Rourkela and any other District Headquarters Hospital, where separate fever clinics and triage facilities have been established to fight against COVID-19.