Srinagar, April 2: The Doctors in Jammu and Kashmir complain that relatives of Covid19 confirmed or suspected patients are creating obstacles in patient management.
Doctors who wished not be named said that family members of these patients are demanding food and separate accommodation in hospitals for themselves also.
“How are we supposed to manage their food and accommodation? This is not a normal situation. We are fighting day and night with different treatments for recovery of patients,” a group of doctors told KNS.
They added that irony is that attendants of these patients decry lack of facilities in hospitals.
“Every patient is being treated and monitored with best of possible facilities. We are risking our own lives for the patients,” they said.
The group of doctors suggested involving hospitality and protocoling department in arrangement of food for the Covid19 patients.
The doctors also said t procedures should be created for monitoring, managing and training visitors who they say are trying to enter the designated Covid19 patients wards.
“For known or suspected patients with COVID-19, physicians and other health professionals should restrict visitors from entering the room. Alternative options for interactions between patient and visitor include video-call applications on mobile devices or tablet computers,” they said.
JLNM which is one of designated Covid-19 hospitals was in news recently after a group of people admitted for quarantine went on rampage damaging doors and windows before fleeing from the hospital.
According to reports Trouble had started when 26 people, mostly family members and relatives of the elderly Covid-19 couple from Chattabal, alleged inadequate facilities and lack of staff at the hospital. It was only after police intervention that all of the 26 were brought back to the hospital for quarantine. (KNS)