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This Revelation was made by Dr Girdhar Gyani, the convenor of the Task Force for COVID-19 Hospitals.Dr. Gyani who attended a meeting of prominent doctors and healthcare providers chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, 24 March said this in an Interview to The Quint
Community transmission is the most critical stage during an outbreak. At this stage, an epidemic spread very fast in the community and it gets very difficult to trace the original source. Gyani said that the coming five to ten days would be very crucial to control the epidemic because all those who are asymptomatic now, might start showing symptoms.
Giani also said that the government is not well equipped. We are not testing suspected cases, we don’t have enough hospital and trained staff to cater the needs of people.
Community transmission is the most critical stage during an outbreak. At this stage, an epidemic spread very fast in the community and it gets very difficult to trace the original source. Gyani said that the coming five to ten days would be very crucial to control the epidemic because all those who are asymptomatic now, might start showing symptoms.
Giani also said that the government is not well equipped. We are not testing suspected cases, we don’t have enough hospital and trained staff to cater the needs of people.
“The government is testing only those who have all three symptoms together, coughing, breathing problem and fever. If the patient is having only one of the symptoms then they will not be tested.”
Dr Girdhar Gyani
“The challenge to my mind is that first we have to identify COVID hospitals and then train nurses and medics and co-workers. Some medical college hostels were asked to vacate. To that the prime minister said why should they vacate, in fact the final year students should remain in the college so that they can help during emergency. The final year students can be given certificate and deployed in COVID hospitals with little bit of training.”
Dr Girdhar Gyani
