Ranchi: The state health department will now deploy physiotherapists across all post Covid clinics to help the virus patients deal with complications .
Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi will function as a centre of excellence to help the state combat a possible third wave of Covid-19 with three of its key departments working in tandem to monitor paediatric cases reported frm across the state, health officials said on Thursday.
In a letter addressed to RIMS Director Dr Kameshwar Prasad, state health secretary Arun Kumar Singh stated that the department of neonatology, department of paediatrics and Centre of Excellence for Management of SAM (Severely Acute Malnourished) Children would provide technical guidance for combatting Covid-19 cases among children and prepare protocols and guidelines.