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| OPDs to start soon in govt hospitals across Jammu, admin exploring feasibility to maintain social distancing norms | | | Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is exploring the feasibility to start, Out Patients Department (OPDs) from next week in Jammu region while maintaining the social distancing norms.
“The government has decided to start OPDs in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) and its associated hospitals for next week. Now we have been exploring the feasibility to maintain the social distancing norms in hospital premises,” an official source said
Although there are no restrictions on health services by Union Ministry of Home Affairs and Union Ministry of Family welfare, the OPDs are closed in J&K since the lockdown imposed on March 24 to combat the spread of COVID-19. The closure of OPDs have been causing problems to non–COVID patients
“Few meetings have already taken place regarding the issue. We are discussing the ways to start OPDs so that patients may get required consultation while maintaining social distancing norms,” Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo told daily excelsior.
He said there is fear among doctors also as some cases were reported earlier in Jammu when doctors and paramedics in hospitals came in contact with COVID-19 positive patient and they had to be quarantined and even some of the hospitals had to be closed.
“Keeping this in view, we have to ensure the safety of hospital staff also while providing OPD services, so proper planning is must and that is we are doing,” the FC added.
Principal, GMC Jammu, Dr Nasib Chand Digra, said they are determined to start OPD services from next week but they have to regulate the rush of patients and take care that social distancing norms are properly followed by the patients in OPDs as no one knows who is carrying COVID-19 virus with them as most of the people reported COVID-19 positive till date are asymptomatic.
“We are discussing all these issues, besides mode of OPD registration as well as logistics and security issues since we have not enough security staff to control any possible rush in OPDs,’ Dr Digra said, adding all these issues will be worked out in a day or two and from next week we will start OPD services.
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