No treatment for unvaccinated patients
Doctors and nurses are seen inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the El Tunal hospital, where they treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia June 12, 2020. Picture taken June 12, 2020. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
The health department along with city administration has decided on Tuesday to stop treatment of general patients at hospitals who had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease. Only those patients would be allowed to enter the hospitals who had been vaccinated against Covid-19.
Muzaffargarh District Hospital medical superintendent (MS) said that in line with the special directives of health ministry and the rapid spread of coronavirus, it had been decided that no more treatment will be provided to general patients at hospital without Covid vaccination.
He added that special instructions were given to all hospital departmental heads to expedite the vaccination campaign. He urged the people to ensure their coronavirus vaccination to secure themselves against the pandemic.
The MS urged the citizens to continue following coronavirus Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) after Eid holidays to control the virus spread.
He further said that implementation of SOPs was only solution to control the virus spread. He said that negligence of individuals can foil government's efforts of controlling spread of Covid-19, however, it could be controlled by following SOPs.
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He said it was observed that mostly patients who were admitted in the hospital were not vaccinated.
The MS said that SOPs must be adopted as a ‘national obligation’ to protect the public from the deadly virus.
He lauded the initiatives of the government for controlling virus spread, adding that fighting against the virus was also a responsibility of people.
He revealed that vaccination against the Covid-19 was being provided by the government but it could be more effective if people continue following SOPs. He also asked parents to avoid offering unhygienic beverages as the water being used in such beverages was mostly contaminated which could lead to the diseases like diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, typhoid and gastroenteritis while the children were more vulnerable to catching such diseases in this season.
He highlighted that there had been a considerable increase in the patients suffering from throat infections and diarrhea due to these unhygienic beverages.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28th, 2021.