11 hospitals sealed down for not updating SARI cases

Davanagere: A team of doctors headed by

DHO Dr Raghavendra Swamy

visited various

private hospitals

and nursing homes in

Davanagere city

on Thursday and

sealed

down 11

hospitals

located in

PJ Extension

,

KB Extension

and

Bethur Road

for not updating registered ILI/SARI cases on the online portal of the health department.

As per the government directions, it is mandatory for every hospital to update online data pertaining to ILI/SARI patients visiting the hospitals so that steps will be taken to trace such patients, collect their throat swabs and test for Covid-19. In this connection, a meeting was held earlier in the presence of deputy commissioner Mahantesh Bilagi and owners and doctors at private hospitals were given instructions accordingly.

“However, 170 private hospitals in Davanagere district have not updated the information till date. The DC has asked us to seize such hospitals and hence we sdealed down 11 hospitals on Thursday,” the DHO added.

(Photo: Health department officials seizing a private hospital in the PJ Extension area of Davnagere on Thursday)

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