To check the spread of COVID-19 in pregnant women, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Department has set up separate labour rooms in all district hospitals for the deliveries of pregnant women tested positive for the contagion.
“To ensure safety of pregnant women, COVID-19 test is made mandatory during the third trimester of pregnancy under which total 12,479 pregnant women tested for the virus since April, of which 118 were found positive. As many 56 deliveries were conducted successfully in government facilities, including 20 normal and 36 LSCS (lower segment Caesarean section) in past three months,” said the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu.
Sidhu said that Patiala district performed best by conducting 1715 tests of pregnant women, out of which 61 tested positive and 16 deliveries are conducted safely so far.
Besides setting up the separate labour rooms, the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Government has also instructed Civil Surgeons to establish one dedicated Operation Theater for affected patients at district hospitals as per SOPs issued in this regard, he said.
The Minister said that the entire teams of Health and Family Welfare Department have been working day and night to ensure the adequate arrangements such as Clinical Management, screening, tracing and testing etc.
The State Government has fixed the rates of private hospitals those providing the treatment facilities to the corona patients. “No stone would be left unturned to save the lives of COVID-19 patients during this tough time.
As several strict preventive measures have been taken by the government, Punjab is able to curtail the number of corona virus cases comparatively our neighboring states,” he added.
Sidhu said that if everyone wears a mask at public places, it is easily possible to control the community spread. “Apart from lockdown, Punjab is the first state where wearing mask has been made mandatory so as to control the community spread among the high density population,” he added.