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IIT Gandhinagar releases white paper to help other institutions in setting up in-house Covid Care Facilities
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar has come out with a white paper to help educational and other institutions establish in-house COVID care facilities to tackle the surge in cases. This Whitepaper outlines the lessons from the development of IIT Gandhinagar’s Covid Care Facility in the hope that it will encourage other institutions and communities to develop similar facilities to provide relief to their community members and reduce the strain on the local, state, and national medical infrastructure.
Contact Info: crisis@iitgn.ac.in
Website link:
https://iitgn.ac.in/pdf/ccf.pdf
Guideline for oxygen self-use during homecare by PGIMER-
Chandigarh & Panjab University
As the second wave of COVID-19 sweeps through the country with deadly consequences, doctors across the state have started advocating proning exercises to improve oxygen levels in COVID-positive patients — both in home isolation as well as in hospital. To overcome the challenge, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER, Chandigarh) and Panjab University (PU) have created an educative guideline for oxygen self-use during homecare.
The Guideline advises people to not panic if they experience any COVID-19 symptoms, as the majority of people can manage their infections at home by following self-care measures. It lists the common symptoms of the disease and recommends that at the first sign of experiencing the symptoms, people should isolate at home and begin following self-care measures. It asks people to not worry or become anxious, as these interfere with the body’s natural immune response to fighting the infection.
Contact Info: Khaiwal.ravindra@pgimer.edu.in, sumanmor@pu.ac.in
Website link:
https://www.care4cleanair.com/awarnessmaterial
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