Third wave- Nautiyal suggests a ten point formula
Friday, 23 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Health expert and founder of Social Development for Communities (SDC) foundation Anoop Nauytiyal has suggested that the state government should focus on more coordination with the private testing labs, provide Covid-19 kit to the suspected patients without waiting for the test report and prevent black marketing of medicines and equipment to deal with the probable third wave of the disease. In a letter written to the health minister Dhan Singh Rawat, Nautiyal has suggested a ten point formula on which the health department should work to tackle the third wave of the pandemic effectively.
In the letter he pointed out that when people were finding beds for their near and dear one in the hospitals the website of the health department was giving wrong information about bed availability. He suggested that the website should be updated continuously and the department should take the services of web masters for the purpose. In the letter suggestions on availability of oxygen, ambulances, taking help of civil society, counselling of patients and arrangement of food for infected families have been given.
“We experienced many problems during the second wave and now we should take the benefit of our experiences to deal with the third wave of the disease,’’ he said.