AYUSH doctors to be roped in by Wednesday for post-Covid management: CM

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Oct 9, 2020, 5:19 PM IST

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Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has disclosed that as per the National Clinical Management Protocol based on AYUSH for management of post-Covid-19, post Covid Care Centres will be set up by Wednesday in health centres manned by AYUSH doctors across the State.

AYUSH doctors will be trained on Monday and Tuesday to manage mild and moderate cases and also to deliver post-Covid care to recovered patients. “We have 130 AYUSH doctors under DHS and some also employed on contract basis,” CM Sawant informed.

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Bed capacity of South Goa District hospital to be increased by 200 beds: Vishwajit

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Oct 9, 2020, 5:12 PM IST

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Bed capacity of South Goa District hospital to be increased by 200 beds: Vishwajit

PANAJIHealth Minister Vishwajit Rane announced the intention of his department to further enhance the bed capacity of the South Goa District Hospital by another 200 beds. Rane was speaking at the launch of the “Home Isolation Monitoring Kit” in Panaji. He said that around 3,500 patients who are under home isolation stand to benefit from this initiative. “As of today around 750 patients are taking treatment at Covid Hospitals, around 600 are housed at Covid Care Centres…