Prayagraj: The collective efforts of various departments like health, police, Prayagraj Municipal corporation (PMC), education and district administration working under the Integrated Control & Command Centre (ICCC) has yielded desired results in checking the spread of coronavirus in the Sangam city, officials said on Thursday. Around 300 employees of various departments have worked round the clock to track, test and treat Covid-19 patients across the district under the ICCC. With the re-emergence of Covid-19 crisis in the city in the first week of April, the district health authorities had taken up a drive to ensure tracking of Covid patients, their proper treatment, care and isolation and also steps to prevent further spread of the infection. The coordination of various departments under ICCC has helped health authorities to track, test and treat all Covid patients. A three-member team including nodal officer (Covid-19) and additional CMO, Dr. Rishi Sahai, additional CMO and nodal officer (RRT) Dr. Anil Kumar and senior medical officer and deputy nodal officer (RRT) Dr. Anupam Dwivedi maintained round the clock surveillance to track, test and treat the patients either in home isolation or Covid level 2 and three hospitals. eputy nodal officer (Rapid Response Team) Dr. Anupam Dwivedi told TOI, “Joint efforts of five department including health, PMC, police, education and ambulance wing have brought desired results to check the spread of the disease. While PMC authorities were handling sanitization in micro and macro containment zones, police officials managed to maintain strict surveillance in containment zones and help health workers take seriously ill patients to hospitals.” He further claimed, “Teachers under the banner of the education department were assigned to call covid patients (undergoing home isolation) in morning and evening hours and asking them about their well-being. The team of doctors sitting at ICCC were giving consultation as sought by the patients under home isolation.” Moreover, a helpline was also set up at ICCC and medical and para-medical staff attended the calls to guide patients and answered their queries. Dr. Dwivedi said, “As soon as the portal/website of a district surveillance officer shows information about a person being tested positive by government or private lab at ICCC, medical teams swing into action and connect with the patient, compile his/her details, and track their current health status.” “When the medical team finds the condition of patient serious, it immediately connects with ambulance staff /service and the patient is shifted to Covid level 2 or 3 hospital for treatment,” said Dr. Dwivedi adding, “An RRT (Rapid Response Team) is assigned to visit the house of the patient if he or she seeks approval for home isolation.” ACMO and nodal officer (RRT) Dr. Anil Kumar said, “Since most patients seek home isolation, RRTs were assigned to inspect requisite facilities, care at home of a patient. The permission for home isolation is granted only after RRTs inspect the house of a patient and approve the facilities, living conditions and presence of a caregiver.” Dr. Kumar, however, said that only asymptomatic patients below 60 years were given approval for home isolation if they had the requisite facilities at home and were also able to avoid contact with other family members. “For home isolation, patients were asked to have a home quarantine kit comprising a pulse oximeter, thermometer, masks, sterile gloves, sodium hypochlorite and tablets of ashwagandha, giloy and vitamin C,” he added. Currently, as many as 63 RRTs, including 15 in the city and 48 in rural areas (trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna) are working to approve home isolation for patients. Officials said, “Patients suffering from any other serious ailments are not eligible for home isolation.” Data from the health department claimed that a total of 67,751 patients were approved home isolation till now and 66,327 of them had already completed home isolation and recovered. Currently, 1,424 patients are undergoing home isolation.
Various Depts under ICCC worked 24×7 to check spread of Covid in Sangam city
