Nagpur: Unlike the scene until a few months ago, MLA Hostel wears a quiet display on Monday.
The only real activity during the day is the ongoing renovation work in several parts of the building.
Until early June, the facility witnessed an ambulance invasion, anxious relatives and patients constantly moving and out of wing II.
Last week, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) began the Covid Care Center (CCC) which was closed back and returned to the State Public Works Department (PWD) due to a drastic decrease in cases.
Amid new concerns from the third possible wave and the emergence of Delta variants, the Civic Agency decided to stop the isolation of asymptomatic patients’ houses and place them in the institutional quarantine at MLA Hostel CCC.
When the prevalence of Covid remains low, the Zonal Team Civic’s body feels difficult to convince new patients and their relatives about the need to enter for compulsory institutional quarantine.
Unlike hundreds of patients managed by a large medical team, a nodal officer and two paramedics treated nine patients received here since August 25.
Nodal officers Dr.
Varsha Deosthale said patients were treated carefully.
“Some do anxiety after coming here but they accept the fact that they have to stay here at least 10 days,” he said.
Because enough rooms, every patient occupies a single room on the fourth floor.
PWD has started a renovation work, making another block not available at this time.
Even though NMC provides food and snacks on time, relatives are allowed to bring food from home.
Dr.
Deosthale said patients would be tested on the 10th day since the day of their first Covid report and only negative testing would be permitted for a brief phase of house isolation.
Administration did not take risks, especially after February-March when the case suddenly began to shoot.
Samples of these patients are also being sent for genome sequencing to understand if there is a mutation that occurs.
Civil officials said while the patient shifted to their ambulance to MLA Hostel, the close contact of their high risk was immediately tested.
“Most of them have been tested negative so far,” they said.