Delhi govt issues new guidelines on handling of Covid patients in hospitals

The reception of the Covid patient should be completed within 15 minutes, following which a doctor must attend to him within 60 minutes depending upon the urgency of the requirement of treatment

The Delhi government issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by all Covid hospitals in the national capital for streamlining the handling of positive/suspect patients.

The SOP issued on Thursday aims to streamline the process for handling of Covid-19 positive/suspect patients in the hospitals and includes activities which are needed to be carried out right from the time the patient reaches the hospital to the time he is discharged.

The reception of the Covid patient, according to the SOP, should be completed within 15 minutes, following which a doctor must attend to him within 60 minutes depending upon the urgency