Summary:
To take first hand appraisal of the infrastructure and patient care management in Covid care Hospitals Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today visited Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar Chest Disease & TB Hospital Jammu and Government Medical College Jammu. During his visits the Lt Governor enquired about number of patients being treated in the hospitals patients discharged after recovery availability of oxygen support beds. “Doctors must have personal interaction with the patients and their attendants to ensure better treatment” maintained the Lt Governor. The Lt Governor directed the concerned officers of Health Department to increase Covid dedicated beds with oxygen support in the shortest possible time by coordinating with the concerned departments for providing best patient care in the Covid care hospitals. In order to strengthen health workforce the Lt Governor directed the authorities of Covid care hospitals to increase the paramedical staff besides rationalizing the medical staff from peripheral hospitals of the District..