New Delhi: The Delhi Government on Monday issued SOP for the management of COVID-19 patients.
As per the guidelines, for patients tested by Rapid Testing method, cases of, moderate /severe illnesses will be transferred to hospital.
"Mild or Pre-symptomatic patients who do not have a facility of separate room and toilet will be transferred to Covid Care Centre. Whereas, cases of mild symptoms with comorbid conditions will be shifted to Covid Care Centres or hospitals," as per the SOP.
As per the guidelines for patients tested by RT-PCR Testing method, Cases who need to be shifted to hospitals/Covid Health Centres will be transferred by ambulances.
Mild/ Pre-symptomatic patients will be shifted to COVID Care Centre (CCC) to assess eligibility for home isolation.
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Patients on home isolation will be discharged from treatment as per discharge policy of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which mandates discharge from home isolation after 10 days.
Earlier, the Delhi government had issued guidelines for the clinical management of patients with coronavirus disease in state-run and private hospitals across the city.
The “clinical management protocols for adult patients with confirmed Covid-19 infection” were drafted by doctors at Maulana Azad Medical College as a standard operating protocol for according to an office memorandum issued by the state health secretary Padmini Singla.
The guidelines said that Covid-19 patients with fever, sore throat and headache but no comorbidities be given paracetamol for the fever and anti-allergy medicine for symptomatic treatment.
ANI
