COVID-19 patients in the State can now seek treatment in private hospitals if they desire so, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Thursday. The government has been in talks with the private hospitals and steps are being taken early on to identify those private hospitals which are capable of offering COVID-19 care. “One suggestion was to maintain public sector hospitals as COVID-19 hospitals as far as possible. Another option is for private hospitals to let out whole blocks to the government for COVID-19 care,” he added. Private hospitals are preparing for COVID-19 care by maintaining separate entry and exits, triaging of fever patients to prevent them from mixing with general patients and insisting that an inpatient should have only one caregiver.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 17:26 UTC