Fever Clinic comes up at K.R. Hospital amidst COVID scare
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Fever Clinic comes up at K.R. Hospital amidst COVID scare

December 28, 2022

20 beds set up at old Jayadeva Block; RT-PCR tests conducted to rule out suspicion

Mysore/Mysuru: Even as China’s virus cases are rising, climbing to near their highest of the pandemic, the Health Department and the authorities of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) have geared up to face any eventuality and are on high alert.

As part of the stepping up of the infrastructure to handle a possible outbreak, a Fever Clinic has been opened at the old Jayadeva Block in K.R. Hospital premises to facilitate the early discovery of infections. This strategy was also adopted during the first wave of the pandemic where several such clinics were opened across the city and district.

Henceforth, all fever cases will be attended only in the Fever Clinic and all cases with COVID-19-like symptoms would be screened. Out Patient Department (OPD) slips are issued at the Clinic instead of the main OPD and doctors will decide whether patients, if tested positive, would need to be isolated at home or need hospitalisation based on their condition.

As of now, 20 beds have been provided at the Fever Clinic and only severe cases are being treated here with oxygen support. MMC&RI Director and Dean Dr. K.R. Dakshayani visited the clinic yesterday and took stock of the situation.

Speaking to reporters, she said that the Fever Clinic has been established as per the guidelines issued by the State Government and enough care has been taken to prevent the mixing up of patients having fever, cough and cold with the other patients and relatives who come to the K.R. Hospital.

“We have 20 beds now and we will increase the bed capacity if there is a need. Since the last three days, we have tested 50 to 60 patients and not a single COVID-positive case has been detected. Even the Genome Sequencing Laboratory at the K.R. Hospital premises has not found the new sub-variant of Omicron in the samples that were sent to it for sequencing,” she said.

Over 650 COVID-positive samples were sent to the lab for genome sequencing in the last nine months after the lab was set up and none of them was found to have the BF7 Omicron sub-variant variant that is causing havoc in China. All genome sequencing reports have been sent to New Delhi as per the directions, she added. Asking people not to panic in case they catch the fever, Dr. Dakshayani said that as this is flu season, the symptoms of COVID and flu are similar. “At the Fever Clinic only RT-PCR tests are done on the patients to eliminate doubts and we do not want to take the risk,” she said.

4 COMMENTS ON THIS POST To “Fever Clinic comes up at K.R. Hospital amidst COVID scare”

  1. Sam says:

    While the dullard Indians are laughing at China, the economic and military superpower about the cases of Covid-19 there, which are reported in the news media, In India, the infections are rapidly increasing, but the Modi’s government has suppressed the news.
    You need only watch what Narendra Modi , where he is. He is not visible in public.
    It is not enough to open a 20 bed clinic, with people sleeping on hard cot. Where are oxygen supplies.
    The VIPs, the top officials and ministers get their best treatment in the top private hospitals in Bangalore, with plenty of oxygen supplies. The poor like in 2021 will be allowed to die.
    Jai Hind.

  2. Sam says:

    While the dullard Indians are laughing at China, the economic and military superpower about the cases of Covid-19 there, which are reported in the news media, In India, the infections are rapidly increasing, but the Modi’s government has suppressed the news.
    You need only watch what Narendra Modi , where he is. He is not visible in public.
    It is not enough to open a 20 bed clinic, with people sleeping on hard cot. Where are oxygen supplies.
    The VIPs, the top officials and ministers get their best treatment in the top private hospitals in Bangalore, with plenty of oxygen supplies. The poor like in 2021 will be allowed to die.
    Jai Hind.

  3. Sandeep says:

    Just hang on for 2 more years. AAP will come to power in Karnataka just like in Delhi and Punjab. They are all enjoying free 300 units of power and water . Free transportation also is on cards. All unemployed will get stipend until they get a good job.They have world class Molallah health clinics too. All this will be reality in Karnataka too! Once the rest of india will follow and by 2030 all states will be AAP ruled and india will be the best nation on the world under Kejriwal as the PM. Once Modi turns 75 it will be very easy

  4. Sam says:

    Just some info. We need to learn from china how to handle covid. We are really proud !

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