Deputy Commissioner Bokaro, Mukesh Kumar instructed all private hospitals that patients whose treatment is possible should not be troubled by referring them to another hospital.
Kumar convened a meeting with the operator of all the private hospitals in the district and instructed them to keep PPE kits (personal protection equipment) in a bid to keep all medical staffs safe.“COVID-19 certificate should not be sought before the admission of a patient to his hospital and will ensure thermal screening and sanitization of all the people rushed to the hospital,” added Kumar.
The data of patients screening symptoms of COVID-19 will be immediately shared with the district administration official, he said.Kumar also instructed, “medical staffs must work by wearing face masks and hand gloves.”
“The hospitals which have more than 50 beds will reserve at least 10 beds for COVID-19 patients while for those hospitals where the number of beds is less than 50 at least 5 beds must be reserved,” he said.No positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Bokaro district after 10 June. Last night we have received test reports of 177 samples, all were negative, he said. Kumar appealed to the masses to use face mask, “maintain social distancing, wash your hands with soap at regular intervals and follow SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to drive away Coronavirus.”
“By making the mask as a shield, Bokaro will win from Corona epidemic.”Wearing Face Mask is now mandatory in Bokaro district. District administration Bokaro made it mandatory for people to wear masks in public places in a bid to check the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
The administration also enforced ‘no face mask, no services or goods’ rule for the buyers at shops or establishments. Beside others, DDC Ravi Ranjan Mishra and Civil Surgeon AK Pathak were also present in meeting.