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with symptoms like fever, cough and breathing In addition, the hospital can leverage the 10 bedded
difficulties. These patients are advised Home Intensive Care Unit with 2 ventilators in case of
quarantine after notification to Joint Director Health surge for cases requiring ventilator support.
Services, Cuddalore District.
Training of doctors on COVID Management and
Ventilator Management
Home quarantined patients and their family members
are strictly brought under intense surveillance of Hospital has trained around 20 doctors from across
Health Department. The health authorities monitor different disciplines on management of COVID-19,
the patients on day-to-day basis and report to the inviting an expert team from the nearby State
Hospital on patients whose conditions deteriorate Government Medical College Hospital, covering
with intensity of symptoms. all required aspects, including collection and
transportation of clinical specimens. Another 13
Leveraging on technology, the Hospital has doctors were trained in Ventilator management by
developed a computer based management system to inviting a subject expert from Mahatma Gandhi
exclusively track patients based on their symptoms Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry.
for further management. Data input on the status of With newer skills acquired to manage COVID-19,
home quarantined patients is regularly updated in doctors in the hospital are fully geared to face the
the COVID management system to take timely and crisis with confidence.
appropriate action, necessary to minimise morbidity
and mortality. In compliance with the directives of Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare, the NLCIL Learning
Creation of an ark hospital within the Hospital in
record time & Development Centre has conducted capacity
building training on COVID-19 management,
An ark hospital with 93 bed capacity for quarantining using modules prepared by AIIMS, New Delhi,
patients with symptoms and 7 bedded isolation for doctors, nurses, paramedics and volunteers.
wards with ventilator support for managing severe All employees involved in Corona Management
cases are in readiness to counter any threat from Team are encouraged to continuously update
the galloping COVID-19. All 100 beds are covered their knowledge and skills by using ‘Aarogya
under Medical Pipeline Gas system to strengthen Setu’ App.
oxygen therapy.
Mobilisation of all Vital and Essential medical
supplies required for management and control of
COVID infected cases.

NLCIL has procured and stocked all essential
medical supplies on emergency basis in adequate
quantity to cater to the 100 bed capacity
quarantine, isolation and ICU for management of
cases, by adequately deploying fiscal resources.
Procurement include PPEs, N95 Masks, 3 ply face
masks, disposable surgical dresses, Ventilator with
compressor, Ambulance ventilator, Anaesthetic
accessories for ventilators, polyurethane foam
mattresses, non –woven disposable bed sheets and
sanitisers etc.

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