HI-TECH HOSPITAL TO CLARIFY THEIR ROLE (?).

Rajesh Mohapatra,Odishabarta

HI-TECH HOSPITAL TO CLARIFY THEIR ROLE AS COVID HOSPITAL AND OTHER TREATMENT (?).

ROUREKELA:After the COVID-19 Hospital started in Roukela with joint venture with Govt. of Odisha, it has become the one point contact for covid patients. Patients in this district who are covid positive or patients finding symptoms of corona gets treatment here. But since the inception of this COVID-19 hospital, it has lost their patient base substantially from 250 OPD patients everyday to 50 patients only visiting this hospital. The main reason behind this is most of the people in the city are thinking that since this a covid hospital and the doctors and the health supervisors who are attending the COVID patients are treating other normal patients whosoever comes to hospital for the treatment of other causes than corona. And the fear psychosis has developed that they may get infected if they will visit this hospital, said, Dr. Sradhananda Mohapatra, Chief-Superintendent of the hospital in a prèss conference organized by Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital in its premises,Rourkela.

Going further he said, those who are treating covid patients are specially trained and been kept isolated and not allowed to treat patients other than covid-19. There are many other professional doctors and health support staffs are available to take care of other patients. Moreover hospital is providing many other services like CT scan, MRI, Dialysis, ICU and many more with a very economical price. Hence, he requested patients should come to this hospital to have the best and economical treatment than going for the costly one. He urged everyone through the press that Hi-Tech Hospital is entirely dedicated for the people of Rourkela; hence, everybody should take the best advantage of it. In this press meet the Additional VC and Administrator, Sail Pattnayak was also present.