Covid Positive Report No Longer Mandatory For Admission In Hospitals, Health Ministry Announces Revised Policy

<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>Union Health Ministry has announced the decision to revise the national policy for admission of Covid patients to Covid facilities. A&nbsp;positive test for Covid-19 infection is no longer mandatory for admission to a Covid health facility.<strong><br /></strong></p> <p>The Health Ministry on Saturday revised hospital admission norms and directed states to ensure all Covid suspected patients are admitted and given access to oxygen and drugs that any patient who has tested positive would need.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/33oh5uv Modi Speaks To 4 Chief Ministers, Assures Of All Required Help From Centre In Tackling Covid Situation</a></span><br /><br /></strong>The notification released today reads: &ldquo;the requirement of a positive test for Covid -19 virus is not mandatory for admission to a Covid health facility. A suspect case shall be admitted to the suspect ward of Covid Care center, Dedicated Covid Health Centre or Dedicated Covid hospital as the case may be.&rdquo;</p> <p>The new policy states that no patient will be refused services including medications such as oxygen or essential drugs even if the patient belongs to a different city.</p> <p>Besides this, no patient shall be refused admission on the ground that he/she is not able to produce a valid identity card that does not belong to the city where the hospital is located.</p> <p>Admissions to hospitals are required to be based on need, the policy states adding that it should be ensured beds are not occupied by persons who do not need hospitalisation.</p> <p>The discharge of a patient should be strictly in adherence with the revised discharge policy available.</p> <p>The government had on Friday told people with Covid symptoms to start home isolation and treatment without waiting for test results, which are getting delayed due to strain on services currently.</p> <p>India reported 4,01,078 new Covid-19 cases, 3,18,609 discharges, and 4,187 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry. The fatalities going over 4000 deaths makes another grim milestone of recording the highest ever Covid related deaths in a single day.</p>

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