SRINAGAR: Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha has called for institutionalizing the three-tier of patient care within the hospital by categorizing nurses in three modes, to be implemented across Jammu and Kashmir, a Raj Bahwan spokesman said.
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Irfan Tramboo
SRINAGAR, May 15: In order to further streamline the patient care across Kashmir in view of the increase in COVID-19 positive cases, the divisional administration, Kashmir today designated first and second referral hospitals.
The administration has identified hospitals in the peripheries as first referrals as well as tertiary care hospitals in Srinagar as second referrals while directing the officers in the districts to refer the patients in case of dire emergency aiming to avoid overwhelming the tertiary care system.
An order issued here by Divisional Commissioner, Pandurang K. Pole stated that in supersession of previous orders and to streamline the patient referral from Dedicated District COVID-19 Hospitals to Tertiary Care Hospitals of District Srinagar and to avoid overwhelming of tertiary care hospitals. “It has been decided that the patients can be referred to tertiary care hospitals only in case of dire emergency, as per the following arrangements that too
Avtar Bhat
JAMMU, May 5: With alarming surge in COVID cases in the UT for last three days the number of beds meant for such patients in the Hospitals across the J&K has have declared.
As per reports, out of 1700 beds which were available in SKIMS Srinagar, different medical colleges of the UT as well as private hospitals, district and sub district hospitals on May 2 has now declined to 177 by this evening due to the alarming surge in the number of COVID patients.
The official data revealed that out of 177 beds, 97 are vacant in the Medical Colleges and other hospitals of Jammu region while 80 are available in different Medical Colleges as well as other hospitals of Kashmir valley.