India

New Delhi: In a considerable move, the Union ministry of health and household well-being has revised the national policy for admission of Covid-19 patients to numerous categories of Covid centers.
Under the new policy, a positive test report for Covid-19 infection is now not compulsory for admission to a Covid health center and the federal government has directed that no client will be declined services in any hospital on any count.
The instruction to states and UTs comes following heavy criticism after major patients were rejected medical attention by medical facilities owing to several reasons.India on Saturday taped over 4 lakh fresh cases and 4,187 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked to the chief ministers of Maharashtra, Himachal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu on the Covid scenario in their states.
The high rising cases have actually started revealing some down pattern in Maharashtra and Delhi while 180 districts in the country have actually had no fresh cases in the last 7 days.
Yet, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh continue to report really high cases.Tamil Nadu has actually likewise enforced total lockdown in the state to examine the spike in cases.As per the Union federal government directive to all states and UTs, health centers under the Central federal government, state federal governments and Union Area administration, including personal health centers managing Covid patients, shall ensure that they admit suspect cases to the 's uspect wards' and begin treatment right away rather of demanding a positive Covid-19 test for admission.
The order even more said no patient will be refused services on any count.
This consists of medications such as oxygen or essential drugs even if the patient belongs to a different city.
No client will be refused admission on the ground that he/she is not able to produce a legitimate identity card that does not belong to the city where the healthcare facility lies.
Admissions to healthcare facility need to be based upon need.
It needs to be guaranteed that beds are not occupied by persons who do not need hospitalisation.
Even more, the discharge should be strictly in accordance with the modified discharge policy, the order said.Meanwhile, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has revealed that tankers and containers carrying liquid medical oxygen (LMO) will be exempted from user fee at toll plazas on nationwide highways throughout the country.
In view of the existing extraordinary demand for the medical oxygen due to the Covid-19 rise, containers carrying LMO will be considered at par with other emergency situation vehicles like ambulances for a period of 2 months or till additional orders, NHAI stated in a declaration.





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