Ranchi: acting in the direction of the Ministry of Health Union in the light of the Supreme Court guideline for the right documentation of Covid-19 deaths with the specific causes of the causes, the State Health Department on Thursday night covered the death certificate to issue their death certificate who died because of Covid-19 in Jharkhand .
The command in this case was issued by the addition of Arun Kumar Singh’s Secretary (Health) which directed all representatives of the commissioners to take the necessary actions in this matter.
According to the letter, the Committee of the Decree of the death of four members of the Covid-19 (CDAC) must be formed by deputy commissioners each to publish a medical certificate about the causes of death (MCCD).
Simplified Guidelines are the result of the Supreme Court’s order submitted in June this year where he heard a case where the deceased’s family believes that they are not satisfied with the cause of death given in the certificate of death by the hospital.
According to Singh’s order, DC has been asked to form a CDAC four members to be chaired by additional collector ranking officers and will have members, including Chief Medical Officer (CMO) from the District, Head of Officer / Head of Additional School / Head of the Medical Department of Medical College and Experts The subject matter is nominated by CMO for the issuance of official documents.
The committee has also been given a detailed procedure to be followed which includes a 30-day deadline to issue MCCD from the day of applying.
In addition, official documents must be issued after verifying all facts related to patients with the records available.
Certificate copies must also be distributed with the main applicants of the State / UTS after the issuance of certificates and if the deceased family raises complaints that must also be examined and the repair measures must be proposed by the committee.
Epidemiologist Dr.
Praveen Karang said: “This is done to ensure that all Covid-19 deaths are recorded and certified with the cause of death by a medical practitioner.
Accurate documentation of the causes of deaths that need to be remembered by remembering other medical conditions become very valuable to estimate mortality statistics For the estimated disease load.
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Karn added that this would also help relatives of died patients and health workers to be compensated or insurance through various state and central social welfare schemes.
The Minister of Disaster Management Banna Gupta said that they would provide Rs 50,000 to the families of each patient who died who surrendered to the virus according to the planned government union government.
“In addition, we will also bring additional welfare packages and it is in the discussion stage,” he said.