Post-Covid OP started in Tenkasi

Tenkasi: A post-Covid OP to help people recovered from Covid-19 to get help on symptoms and treatment for any complications, was inaugurated at the government hospital in Tenkasi. A grief management programme, in which immediate relatives of Covid victims are being called by the telecall centre of the district and followed up, was also inaugurated. The OP facility was inaugurated by Tenkasi district collector Dr G S Sameeran, on Wednesday, in the presence of Tenkasi MP Dhanush M Kumar. Speaking at the event, the collector said the OP would have a general physician, a psychiatrist and a social worker. If it was found that the patients needed more focussed expert treatment, teleconsultations with experts would be organised. Relatives of patients undergoing treatment can know their status by calling the helpdesk numbers 6374711850, 6374711851.