Letter: With a quick decline in the Covid-19 case, the hospital has stopped Covid-19 testing before the operation that followed the recent guidelines issued by the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR).
This has happened as a big relief for patients who are under the knife, because the operation will not be postponed because of Covid infection now.
Previous surgery from positive patients was postponed.
“Operations have begun in regular mode in most hospitals in the city including government hospitals.
Many patients who need surgery must wait beforehand after being positive,” said a health official.
“The Civic body did not issue other specific guidelines after the ICMR issued a guideline but Most hospitals avoid current tests.
In the case of emergencies too, the test was not done, “the officer added.
This standard protocol change will help many patients such as Premila Sagathiya, 62, who come to the city along the way from their original place in Bhavnagar for cataract surgery.
He had to wait more than 10 days for the operation after he was tested positive for the previous virus.
The number of patients from planned operations must be tested from private laboratories as directed by doctors.
Meanwhile, two patients have died in the district letter even when cases also continue to stay higher in rural areas than in the city.
Among the deceased was a 70-year-old woman who was not vaccinated from Kosamba Village who also suffered several comorbidity and a 65-year-old man with comorbidity from Isoli Village.
In the city, eight of the nine zones report cases in one digit.
21 The highest case was reported in joy while the lowest single case was reported in the Udhna B zone.
Meanwhile, 12,718 people were vaccinated in the city on Thursday.
‘There is no Covid test before planned operation’
