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PANAJI
The GMC Dean had a meeting with prominent private practitioners and pulmonologists besides the Association of Physicians of Goa (API-G) as there is no standard fixed treatment for COVID-19.
The protocol laid out as follows:
Suspect cases will be dealt with by GMC and each private hospital should have their own isolation facility in place
Suspect cases will be isolated based on travel history, contact with confirmed cases and bilateral pneumonia without travel history.
If there is a positive case, the case will be categorised into either of three categories as per the mode of treatment to be chosen. The first and second categories will be treated using milder drugs such as chloroquine phosphate. Type 3 are the most severe cases of COVID-19 with pneumonia and with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and category one drugs with antivirals and ventilation support will be used. This will be circulated among all doctors in Goa.
Chatbot
The Health Department has launched ‘Cobot 19’, a one stop source for information on coronavirus for Goans. “Goa is the first state in the country to have such a mechanism in place other than the helpline 104.
It is an automated app which operates on Whatsapp in English and Konkani,” Health Minister Vishwajit Rane stated.
Right now, the app has answers for eight questions and sub-questions pertaining to COVID-19 which will increase gradually.
Suspected cases can also be reported on this app. The app has been developed by a startup ‘Verloop’ and a company called ‘Portea’ with no cost to the government. The chatbot number is 7948058218.Three new suspected cases isolated
at GMC, ten reports awaited
PANAJI: Three new suspected cases of COVID-19 have been admitted to Goa Medical College and hospital on Wednesday while one of the persons previously admitted has been discharged.
Presently, there are five persons admitted at the isolation ward at GMC. GMC is awaiting test reports of 10 samples that were forwarded on Tuesday and Wednesday to Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai.
Till date, Goa has isolated 28 persons at the GMC isolation ward and a total of 31 samples have been sent to Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai for testing.
Around 335 persons have been placed under home quarantine and 15,942 persons have been screened at Goa International Airport. ESI Hospital has been identified by the Health Department for quarantining suspected cases of the disease. In addition to this, four buses of Kadamba Transport Corporation have been assigned at the Goa International Airport, Dabolim to transport passengers from high risk countries to ESI Hospital as per Central Government protocols.
