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

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry has announced the decision to revise the national policy for admission of Covid patients to Covid facilities. A positive test for Covid-19 infection is no longer mandatory for admission to a Covid health facility.

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.

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The notification released today reads: “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.”

The new policy states that no patient will be refused services. This includes medications such as oxygen or essential drugs even if the patient belongs to a different city.

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.

Admissions to hospitals must be based on need, the policy says adding that it should be ensured that beds are not occupied by persons who do not need hospitalisation. Further, the discharge should be strictly in accordance with the revised discharge policy available.

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.

 

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