Eight Covid centres in Davanagere declared inactive

DAVANAGERE: At a meeting of the district health and family welfare department chaired by Davanagere deputy commissioner Mahantesh Bilagi on Thursday, it was decided to declare eight Covid Care Centres (CCCs) in the district inactive owing to the lack of any infected patient in these institutions. Bilagi directed senior officials in the district health department to transfer doctors and other personnel who had been deputed on Covid-19 duty back to their original posts.
The centres that have been declared inactive were being run out of government hostels, of which three were in Davanagere taluk, while one building in each of the five other taluks too had been used for the same purpose. Davanagere district surveillance officer (DSO) Dr Raghavan said that the number of active Covid cases in Davanagere had slipped to under 450, of whom only 100 were receiving treatment in hospitals while the rest of them were quarantined at home.
“But if there is a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases during the winter, we will reactivate these centres. We are prepared to deal with any such surge in the number of cases,” Bilagi added.
However, the DC pointed out that all private hospitals and nursing homes had been directed to subject all patients to Covid-19 test before they were admitted for treatment.
E-Sanjeevani
Davanagere deputy commissioner Mahantesh Bilagi called on people suffering from problems to avail of prescriptions via online video consultations using ‘E-Sanjeevani’ app. This would mean that people could be diagnosed without having to leave their home. More than 280 patients had been given prescription for medicine via E-Sanjeevani app.