Port Blair, Aug 28: Following the welcome move of Andaman and Nicobar Administration to designate the ADM(SA) as Nodal Officer to oversee the functioning of COVID management in GB Pant Hospital. The District Administration has taken various actions about which the District Administration of South Andaman informed media via message.
Various actions taken by District Administration of South Andaman are as follows.
Police deployed at GB Pant COVID centre along with Parakram to stop unauthorised/ illegal access; Roster for doctor/ paramedical staff/ sanitary staff prepared along with reserved / link In-charge; 06 dedicated ambulances placed round the clock at GB Pant COVID centre; Exclusive teams made for bed sheet/ pillow changing, sanitation of COVID ward, bathroom and hospital area; Daily chart made and put up outside the bathroom for cleaning staff; Complete cordon off of the area designated as COVID management centre at GB Pant; Call bells has been placed in wards of COVID positive patients; Continuous photographical update received of the cleanliness in wards/ bathroom and food distribution etc.; Timing along with menu of diet has been prepared and duly followed and arrangement for the same has been made; Duty roster for helpline 102 prepared; Provided 50 jugs for distribution of tea/ milk for COVID patients twice a day; Temperate screening alongwith roster of screening staff for all incoming patients/staff/doctors etc. at OPD and COVID ward of G.B. Pant Hospital setup; 4 trolley type dustbins and 20 static dustbins has been installed for proper disposal of medical and bio-medical waste alongwith dedicated staff for waste segregation and disposal placed on duty; Setting up of testing facility for incoming patients with co-morbidities in G.B. Pant OPD ward to be done by tomorrow morning; In and Out register with monitoring of all staff/doctors/patients etc. entering and existing the COVID ward of G.B. Pant hospital has been setup; A dedicated room for ambulance driver is setup; A special ward for suspected COVID patient has also been setup wit COVID management centre in G.B. Pant Hospital; Round the clock inspection by the DC(SA) and ADM done to ensure proper management of COVID Centre in G.B. Pant Hospital.
“Along with above, intensive monitoring and continuous support will be ensured,” a communication from Deputy Commissioner of South Andaman said here today.
