The Manipur government has decided to intensify the monitoring of home isolation patients following the observation of certain anomalies in the standard practice of home isolation.
Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced the government decision in a series of tweets Saturday and said medical teams will visit the affected households to check on the patients.
"As we noticed certain anomalies in the standard practice of home isolation, we will be intensifying the monitoring of home isolation patients. Teams comprising doctors and other healthcare staff will now visit these households to check up on the patients," Chief Minister N Biren Singh tweeted.
The chief minister said the government has also decided to provide medicines and oxymeters to home isolation patients at free of cost.
"The Govt. has also decided to provide medicines and oxymeters to home isolation patients at free of cost. For those patients with inadequate space to isolate themselves at home, we have decided to accommodate them in our Covid Care Centres."
On Friday, the chief minister held a virtual interaction with COVID-19 patients in home isolation.
"I had a very insightful interaction with Covid patients in home isolation through video conference today. With first hand information from the patients themselves, the Govt. is now in a better position to take care of our patients in home isolation more effectively." Biren tweeted.
The chief minister said the interaction session would continue every day at 7 pm till all the patients are covered. He said that it was held to understand their grievances and how they are actually feeling and what they expect from the government. The chief minister said that as a person, who had already been infected by the virus earlier, he can assure everybody that the disease can be cured within 14 days if it is detected early and begin treatment early.
The chief minister urged them not to panic and fight the virus with a positive mind. At the same time, N Biren Singh cautioned, people need to be careful and strictly follow SOPs because many have fallen prey to the pandemic while many are undergoing treatment in different hospitals and COVID Care Centres.
Biren further said that many had recovered from home isolation treatment. However, considering people’s apprehension, proper monitoring of home isolation patients had already been intensified, and different measures had been put in place to ensure reaching of medicines and pulse oximetres to patients on time, he added.
The chief minister noted all their grievances and assured them to instruct the officials concerned for early necessary action. CAF and PD Minister Th Satyabrata, State Planning Board Deputy chairman L Rameshwor, Advisor to CM (Health) Dr S Ranjan and Principal Secretary (Health) V Vumlunmang were also present at the interaction session.
