Aged cancer patient who tested +ve for Covid dead
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dupi/Mangaluru: A 65-year-old cancer patient from Belle village in Kaup taluk passed away at a private hospital in Manipal on Tuesday. He was confirmed to be Covid-19 positive.
The patient was suffering from cancer and was admitted to the hospital recently. During his treatment, he tested positive for Covid-19.
Officials from the revenue and health departments visited the victim's house to raise awareness about precautionary measures against Covid-19 among villagers, and instructed them to follow SOPs. Official sources said that the last rites will be performed as per Covid-19 SOPs on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, three female patients aged 64, 57, and 29 years, who tested positive for Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada in May, recovered successfully and were released from medical care. Dakshina Kannada DHO Dr HR Thimmaiah said that the centre has already assured the public not to panic as the Covid variant is very mild.
As per the govt directive, the district will conduct Covid tests for all the severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and 5% of the influenza-like illness (ILI) cases.
Samples of all positive cases will be sent for genome sequencing. The department has decided to conduct tests only at the laboratory of Wenlock District Hospital in Mangaluru. All hospitals, including private hospitals, will have to send samples to Wenlock hospital only.
All hospitals, from district hospitals to public health sub-centres, will conduct a dry run demonstrating preparedness on Wednesday, he said. Govt hospitals in the district are well prepared with sufficient medicines, oxygen beds, oxygen cylinders, ICUs, ventilators, masks, test kits, and PPE kits. Hospitals also have oxygen plants to ensure an uninterrupted supply of oxygen, the DHO said.
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