Head, Chest Disease Hospital, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah Friday said all COVID19 patients admitted at the facility were responding well to the treatment.
Speaking on the coronavirus pandemic preparedness at thehospital, Dr Nazir, a renowned chest disease specialist, said the governmentwas taking every possible step to cater to the load of patients and reach outto the areas—declared as red zones and conduct testing.
He informed there were 19 COVID19 patients admitted at thehospital and all were responding well to the treatment.
He said doctors and paramedics working at the hospital weredoing their best to make a difference amid the severe health crisis.
“We have seen that there is a general trend that we mostlyget the positive cases which have been the contacts of already positive cases,”he said.
Regarding quarantine facilities, Dr Nazir said “we haveestablished testing as well as quarantine facilities in hospitals including CDHospital.” He said like rest of the world, Kashmir too was grappling withcoronavirus pandemic and people must take all precautionary measures to keepthe virus away.
He shared some of the patients will be discharged soon, afterfollowing a proper protocol. He informed that the second consecutive testreport of first patient admitted in the Hospital for Covid19 was also reportedas negative.
He said that on Thursday the first test of this patient wasfound negative and today for re-confirmation, once more the sample of thispatient admitted at the Hospital was collected and report again was foundnegative.
Dr Nazir appreciated the role of its MicrobiologyDepartment, saying that they have been working tirelessly ever since theCOVID-19 outbreak.
He appealed people to reveal their travel history and thusensure safety of all. “People should come clean on their travel history,” hesaid.
He said people have an essential role to play in slowing thespread of the coronavirus. He said small changes in personal behavior can buytime, slow the outbreak, preventing hospitals from becoming overwhelmed andreducing cases until scientists develop treatments.
He said there were sufficient supplies available with thehospital. He lauded the role of NGOs, who were coming forward to help theadministration, especially health sector workers.
Dr Naveed lauded the role of Srinagar Municipal Corporation(SMC) for installing and operationalizing its first decontamination andsanitation tunnel at the hospital.