Health Ministry list out India's best COVID practices
May 24 , 2021 1208 days 824 0
The Union Health Ministry wrote to states/ UTs recently listing out the best practices used by them while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
This includes Rajasthan's mobile OPD, Tamil Nadu's taxi ambulance and 12 other unique initiatives.
The Health Secretary listed many initiatives including the mobile OPD at block level to provide non-Covid essential services to villages and also the provision of "Oxygen Mitra" in each hospital to check oxygen wastage in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
He also mentioned door-to-door testing using both RAT and RT-PCR in rural areas in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh.
This helped bring down the positivity from 38 percent to 2.8 percent in a period of one month.
He also mentioned the use of Oxygen Nurses in Kerala to ensure rational use of Oxygen in hospitals and also the worksite Covid vaccination centres and drive through Covid vaccination centres in Gurugram, Haryana.