Kashmir News Service
Srinagar, Apr 2: The Doctors in Jammu and Kashmir are complaining that relatives of COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients are creating obstacles in patient management.
Doctors who wished not be named said that family members of these patients are demanding food and separate accommodation in hospitals for themselves also.
“How are we supposed to manage their food and accommodation? This is not a normal situation. We are fighting day and night with different treatments for recovery of patients,” a group of doctors told KNS.
They added that irony is that attendants of these patients decry lack of facilities in hospitals.
“Every patient is being treated and monitored with best of possible facilities. We are risking our own lives for the patients,” they said.
The group of doctors suggested involving hospitality and protocol department in arrangement of food for the COVID-19 patients.
The doctors also said t procedures should be created for monitoring, managing and training visitors who they say are trying to enter the designated COVID-19 patient wards.
“For known or suspected patients with COVID-19, physicians and other health professionals should restrict visitors from entering the room. Alternative options for interactions between patient and visitor include video-call applications on mobile devices or tablet computers,” they said. (KNS)
