COVID-19: Handle mentally sick patients with care, says Administrator Jammu Hospitals

Jammu: Directing the medical staff to take full precautions and also scrutinize attendants, Administrator Government Medical College and Associated Hospitals Jammu, Amit Sharma on Saturday asked the para-medical staff working in Psychiatry Hospital to take special care and caution while handling mentally-sick patients.
“Doctors and para-medical staff working in Psychiatry Hospital should take special care and caution while handling mentally-sick patients especially in the present times when pandemics like COVID-19 is a looming threat and these patients cannot visualise or assess this ensuing health challenge due to their challenged mental health conditions,” Mr Sharma said while conducting a surprise round of Government Psychiatry Hospital wherein he visited all the wards and floors of the hospital especially the section at the top floor of the Hospital which has been prepared as Quarantine Wards for patients/public exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 Virus as a part of Government preparedness to keep them in future.
He also directed that the concerned medical staff to take full precautions and also scrutinize their attendants as it can directly result in the spread of infection amongst the patients here if anyone amongst them is carrying it or has a medical history of same.
He was very particular in checking the level of preparedness to keep patients under quarantine here where two wards with a total of 28 beds have been prepared for keeping such patients/people who can possibly get affected with COVID-19 in future.
Mr Sharma checked the security deployment and related arrangements for such patients, attendance registers and presence of staff, preparedness to treat the patients, hygiene conditions, cleanliness and overall work culture inside the Psychiatry Hospital and told all of them to work with total zeal and enthusiasm especially in this situation of crisis due to pandemic of COVID-19 Corona Virus which has spread in most of the nations of the world.

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