All Tripura Government Doctors Association (ATGDA), the largest government Doctors’ association of the state on Wednesday placed a list of suggestions to Chief Minister cum health minister Biplab Kumar Deb. The suggestions focused on rationalizing the process of treating Covid 19 infected patients in Covid19 wards.
In the first three points of the 10 point charter of suggestions, the docs’ body tried to highlight as to how the lack of justified approach and communication gap are hampering the system healthcare delivery.
“On admission, patients must be classified according to the severity and speciality needs. And information should reach the nodal officer immediately. Patients must be segregated as inside the Covid ward according to their speciality need for better availability of services”, the first two points read.
In the next point, it read, “Every symptomatic patient must be examined twice a day and every seriously ill patient must be examined more frequently. In accordance with that, the teams of medical professionals and doctors should be pressed into action”.
On being asked on the issue, one of the doctors in the condition of anonymity said, “the patients with comorbidities require special attention. If manpower is distributed in such a way that each one gets proper attention, the situation will soon improve and mortality rate can be decreased”.
To enhance the specialty care for the patients suffering from comorbidities, the association suggested, “Number of ICU beds should be increased so that it can suffice the demand. Doctors having experience in specialty care services in ICU should be deployed there. It is also important to ensure feedback reporting to the nodal officers along with patient records and video calling facilities for professors to intricate with patients during rounds”.
The association also requested the health minister to engage a dedicated person to attend the relatives of the patients in Covid wards preferably having a background of administrative works and setting up call centers for addressing public grievances. It has also given suggestions to engage volunteers from different NGOs and clubs in the Covid centers for non-medical attendance if the government ensures protective gear, fooding and lodging for them.