How IIT Roorkee is helping expand Covid-19 care efforts in Uttarakhand
How IIT Roorkee is helping expand Covid-19 care efforts in Uttarakhand
IIT Roorkee has undertaken several initiatives to add to the Covid-19 care efforts in Uttarakhand.
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IIT Roorkee has undertaken several initiatives to add to the Covid-19 care efforts in Uttarakhand.
In an endeavour to augment the efforts of the government for tackling the second wave of Covid-19 cases, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has undertaken several initiatives. IIT Roorkee has donated oxygen cylinders to Roorkee Civil Hospital, and also set up a Covid care centre and a vaccination centre for the local people.
May 15, 2021
“These oxygen cylinders will help tackle oxygen shortage for coronavirus patients. We are indebted to IIT Roorkee for this noble initiative. We hope that the Institute will continue to inspire the youth through its various social initiatives” Dr. Sanjay Kansal, Chief Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital, Roorkee.
“The sharp spike in coronavirus cases across the country has led to a shortage of beds and oxygen, causing untold hardships to the patients. These initiatives are in line with our commitment to augment the efforts of the government to help our country tide over these unprecedented times.” said Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee.
Apr 15, 2021
IIT Roorkee is adhering to all necessary precautions and social distancing norms prescribed by the government for COVID-19. All students who had come in contact with a COVID-19 positive case or have any symptoms are quarantined and undergo COVID-19 test. The hostels with more number of cases have been declared as containment zones. Some of the other measures instituted include serving of meals at the rooms in all the hostels, irrespective of whether it is a containment zone or not, 100% testing and re-testing of hostel residents (staff and students), instituting a helpline number for a medical emergency, providing medicines in rooms after teleconsultations, dedicated 24×7 ambulance service and COVID care center. The entry and exit timings have been curtailed to two hours only for each student between 10 am to 4 pm, and students in hostels declared as non-containment zones are allowed to go home if found Covid negative.
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