Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will launch “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” a supervised home care initiative to help people quickly access medical care for mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19 without having to leave home and travel to a hospital ….
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- Chandigarh, May 23 – Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will launch “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” a supervised home care initiative to help people quickly access medical care for mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19 without having to leave home and travel to a hospital on May 24, at 9 am through video conferencing.
- Sharing details in this regard, an official spokesperson has described the programme, as an important step in bringing much needed medical care to the people who need it most, when they need it most. The pilot project today will begin in the district of Karnal with a full roll-out across many districts to follow in the coming weeks.
- “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” will extend medical care to rural areas where awareness of the second wave of the virus and how to treat it remains low. With the right processes and care, officials believe home convalescence is possible for over 90 percent of patients.
- The initiative will deliver the following:
- An Integrated Command and Control Center for managing critical resources like hospital beds availability, oxygen supply, ambulance tracking and door to door awareness campaign to enable a bird’s eye view of entire healthcare system for the District administration.
- The COVID Hotline which will augment existing call center capabilities to support basic triaging and guidance for patients with suspected or clinically diagnosed COVID-19.
- Expand the scope of medical advice beyond qualified doctors by mobilizing 200 medical final year and pre-final year students, besides medical interns, and connecting them to consultants and experts.
- This effort will enhance telemedicine/virtual health capabilities to provide treatment and monitoring for mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 – from the point of their first visit till discharge facilitating activities such as consultations, investigation reports, upshifting the patient and monitoring test results.
- Distribution of home care kits which consist of a mask, an oximeter, a thermometer, and basic medicines
- Procurement of additional ambulances and development of mobile pharmacies
- Outreach, education and communication to help citizens identify their medical options if they display symptoms
- These interrelated activities will enable the Government of Haryana to offer a three-tier medical infrastructure for patients, including the following:
- Isolation wards at the village level and sub center level and in some cases at Primary Health Care centers for patients with mild symptoms who are unable to isolate at home, staffed with a doctor (including Ayush doctors), some nursing staff and volunteers
- Community health centers or Field Hospitals at a Zila or sub-district level, for patients with moderate symptoms in need of oxygen support, equipped with oxygen concentrators
- Advanced medical centers at larger government, civil or private hospitals equipped with ICU facilities for critical patients
- The “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” initiative which is being supported by Deloitte, help transform the healthcare services provided to the people of the state. The ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers will continue to provide primary front-line healthcare support, informing citizens about the benefits of this new programme.
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