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Admit only moderate/severe COVID patients, Telangana govt to private hospitals Professor and Head of Department, Chest Disease, Government Medical College Jammu, Dr. Rahul Gupta on Saturday cautioned against the use of Remdesivir without proper diagnosis, adding that Remdesivir is not to be used in patients who are not on oxygen support or in-home settings. He said that the drug was initially used in the treatment of Ebola and can also help reduce the duration of hospital stay of a COVID patient. He warned that the antiviral has its own side effects and should never be administered through self-diagnosis and on mild category COVID patients. It should only be used under doctor s observation , he informed. ....
SRINAGAR: As Covid-19 cases continue to be on the rise, and a greater number of Covid positive people are being cared for at home, their health should be monitored on a regular basis, and only vaccinated and stable people should attend to them, according to Dr Muzaffar Maqbool, Associate Professor of Medicine at Government Medical College in Srinagar. “More than 80 percent Covid positive patients who are either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms are being treated at home. However, it is imperative to keep watch on SPO2 level which should not fall below 93 percent”, he addedIf a patient has trouble breathing or develops a fever, they should be taken to a local health institute or triage centre for screening and care. ‘The decrease in oxygen saturation, pain in chest and increase in fever demonstrate that it is the time for hospitalization of a patient’, Dr Muzaffar Maqbool said while elaborating the concept of home careHospitalization of such patients at the appropr ....