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Private hospitals crucial in battle against COVID-19: Kavinder

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/17/2021 10:57:34 AM

YB N e w s J ammu, Apr 1 6 The onu s o f private h osp i ta l s an d ot her heal th fa ci l it ie s h a s in c reas e d manifold i n fight against t he COVI D-19 c o ntagion e sp e c i ally af ter the unp rec e den ted sur ge in ne w c ases ha s mount e d p ressu re on exi st ing governmen t h ealth f a cilit ie s. Thi s wa s s tate d b y senio r BJP le ad er and fo rmer Deputy Ch i ef Minist er Kavinder Gupta i n a hand o u t is sued he re on Fr id a y. He s aid l o ok ing int o th e gr a vi ty of the s i tua tio n on acc ou n t o f s econd w ave of the afore said vir a l infec tion it is nec e ss a ry t h a t the p riv at e h e a lt h fa cil it i e s s h o u l d be r oped in to s u ppl e me n t t h e com ba t agains t c o ronavi rus. “ T h er e i s d i re n e ed that pr iva te ho sp i ta l s a da pt to t h e sp e c i fic cha l - l e nges to tak e the cont ag i on he a d o n as this c a n prov e ver y signific a nt in o ver c o ming the f at i g u e o f one a n d all i n th e gove rnment h o sp it a ls f ac - in g th e d i seas e p ersi st - ent ly sinc e its ince pt i o n in the fir st quarter of the year 202 0”, h e s aid a ddi ng that in th is manner t he priv a te health faci lit ies can b e of gre at h el p t o augm ent meas - u res in pr e ve n ti n g and co n tr oll i n g the d i seas e which is pr ovi n g mor e danger ous a ft e r ad vent o f ne w m utant s of this virus. He als o laid em - phas is o n f ollo wing th e SOPs a nd guid e l in e s religi o u sly w i tho ut any le tha rgy a s thes e ar e of pr i me i mportance . T h e sen ior B JP f u n ct ionary u rged t h e g over n me n t to rev a mp t he w h o le set - u p to get pr ep ar ed fo r a n y k ind of ev entu ali ty i n c ase t he s i tuat i on wor se n s in t he com i n g da ys . H e sa i d t h at i f t i mely a c ti o n i s not taken a n d a deq u a te measur es to prevent and con tr ol infectio n a re d el a yed th e dif f ic u lt ie s m a y am pl i fy . “Al read y p ri vat e h ospit als h ave help e d in f i gh t a g ains t cor onav i r us the ref o re t h e ir v it a lit y c an n ev e r b e igno red an d if utilized p roperly t hese can prove indi spen sabl e in thw a rti ng the v ir u s att a c k w h ic h late ly h a s w re a ke d hav o c in th e entir e c ount ry ”, h e s a id , ad din g th a t the situation r ight n o w de mands t h a t helm sm en cont a ining th e in fec ti o n shoul d alter the ir p rio ri ties and ad a pt new st ra tegy t o mount a coord i n at ed and s ys temi c r espo n se to a rap i dly e volving and poten ti a lly c omp lex situ a tio n due t o t hi s let h a l viru s. “T o m e e t the e me rg i n g dem a n ds in b o th the h ea l th f aci l iti es v i z g o ve rnmen t and p riv a te, a l l st aff m em be rs, ir resp ective o f the i r hosp i tal, departm e ntal a n d i n divi du a l dut i es, need t o be involv ed i n th e emergency planning pr o cess so that they ca n dis tinguis h betwe en their r o u tine a nd their emergen cy re sponsi bili ties and c a n b ett er co nt ribut e t o comb a t the pa n de mic”, h e sai d, add in g t h a t J&K ad minis tr at ion s h o u ld take proact iv e s tep s s o that t he infect i on may not sp i ral i n t h e UT.