Surat collector asks doctors to do mandatory screening of cases

June 30, 2021
Surat collector asks doctors to do mandatory screening of cases

Surat: Screening of the cases has been made mandatory in Surat for doctors in order to strengthen active surveillance for early detection of Covid-19 cases, as ordered by the Surat collector Aayush Oak.

In a notification from Disaster Management cell of collector office dated 29th June 2021, the collector mentioned that all registered medical practitioners in the city have to establish a Flu Corner and details of every patients coming to their hospitals/clinics/dispensary should be medically screened and his/her record should be maintained including details like Name, Age, Gender, Mobile No, Address, Travel History, HRCT Thorax Test Score and any symptoms from cough, fever, cold difficulty breathing sore throat, diarrhea and body aches irrespective of whether the patient mentions symptoms associated with Covid-19 or not.

Any patient found having travel history outside the district or body temperature more than 37.7ᵒC / 100ᵒF or pulse rate more than 85 per minute with clinical correlation or Spo2 less than 93 % or having any other symptoms of Covid-19 should be reporter to local health authorities immediately.

All the registered radiologist performing HRCT Thorax test in Surat District should also record the datails of patients including Name, Age, Gender, Mobile No, Address, Travel History, HRCT Thorax Test Score and any symptoms from cough, fever, cold difficulty breathing sore throat, diarrhea and body aches, as per this notification. DeshGujarat

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