Haryana govt launches 'Sanjeevani Pariyojana' to treat COVID patients at home in rural areas
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Chandigarh, May 24: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that post Covid-19 effects and a likely third wave are going to to be the main challenges in the days ahead, while launching Haryana govt's integrated program for Covid-19 - 'Sanjeevni Pariyojna.'
Haryana govt has launched an anti-Covid “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” on March 24, 2021, which will provide a supervised and quick medical care at home for people, with mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19, residing in rural areas. 'Sanjeevani Pariyojana' has been launched to extend medical care in rural areas where awareness regarding the second wave of Covid-19 and related treatment remains low. It is an important step of bringing medical care for the people who need it most and when they need it most.
Under the initiative, scope of medical advice will be expanded beyond qualified doctors as it will mobilize 200 final year and pre-final year medical students and interns by connecting them to consultants and experts. The initiative comprises of an Integrated Command and Control Centre to manage critical resources such as ambulance tracking, oxygen supply, hospital beds availability, besides, door-to-door awareness campaign. Thus, it will help the district administration in keeping a bird’s eye view of entire healthcare system.
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CM Manohar Lal Khattar also highlighted the Covid-related efforts in the state. He said, "We have 20,000 oxygen beds including ventilators while Covid-19 Centres have 30,000 beds." Haryana, which is currently facing a surge Covid-19 cases, has also reported cases of black fungus. The CM said, "We have to break the chain of the virus. We are using services of 200 students for online medical consultation. Doctors will supervise them." Taking note of the black fungus situation in the state, he also said, "We only got 1200-1400 injections for treating Black Fungus. We had 400 patients around two days back. The demand for injections is varying daily."