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Three types of Health Care Facilities

April 11 , 2020 1692 days 923 0
  • The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced that the hospitals and health facilities have been classified to deal with COVID-19 cases in the country.
  • The ministry has also announced that if one person does not follow strict guidelines of social distancing, he or she shall infect 406 people in just 3
  • There are three types of COVID-19 health centres to be set up in the country.
  • The three types of centres are as follows 
    • COVID Care Centre 
    • Dedicated COVID Health Centre 
    • Dedicated COVID Hospital

COVID Care Centre

  • These centres will attend cases that are clinically assigned as very mild or mild.
  • They can be hostels, stadiums, schools, lodges, etc.

Dedicated COVID Health Centre

  • These centres will attend cases that are assigned as “moderate”.
  • These centres will compulsorily have oxygen support in all beds.
  • Also, these centres will have dedicated ambulance support equipped with sufficient oxygen support.

Dedicated COVID Hospital

  • These hospitals attend cases that have been clinically assigned as “severe”.
  • They can be either a complete hospital or a part of the hospital. 
  • The private hospitals shall also be designated to this category.
  • These hospitals will hold complete set up of ICUs, beds with oxygen support and ventilator units.

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