Hours after the national Capital reported its third case of Monkeypox the Delhi Government decided to set up 70 isolation rooms across six hospitals, including three private hospitals, to tackle the Monkeypox situation.
According to officials, 20 isolation rooms have been set up in Loknayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital and there are 10 isolation rooms each in GTB Hospital, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Kailash Deepak Hospital, MD City Hospital and Batra Hospital in the city.
Speaking about the preparations being made by the AAP Government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that “not many cases of Monkeypox have been reported in India, yet we are ready with all the preventive measures in place.” A 35-year-old man of African origin with no recent history of foreign travel has tested positive for Monkeypox in Delhi, making it the country's eighth case and the city's third. “The Delhi Government is keeping an eye on the complete situation of Monkeypox infection and has done all the preparations to fight back. Looking at the current situation, isolation rooms have been set up in three Government-run and three private hospitals,” said Sisodia. “To provide immediate treatment to the positive and suspected cases of Monkeypox, the Delhi Government has prepared 20 isolation rooms in Loknayak Jai Prakash Hospital, 10 isolation rooms each in GTB Hospital and Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital. Apart from this 10 isolation rooms each have been set up in Kailash Deepak Hospital, MD City Hospital and Batra Hospital, Tughlakabad,” Sisodia added. “The number of rooms will be increased in future as per the requirement. All the arrangements have been made as per the global standards to fight the infectious Monkeypox virus,” he said.
According to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, if a person has travelled to Monkeypox- affected countries in the past 21 days, has symptoms like swollen lymph nodes, fever, headache, bodyache, rashes, weakness, respiratory symptoms etc, then s/he might be a suspected case of Monkeypox.