Govt. designates 21 hospitals for treatment of COVID-19

Four of the facilities are in Chennai

04/04/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Visitors at the isolation ward of the RGGGH in Chennai.B. JOTHI RAMALINGAMB. JOTHI RAMALINGAM

Twenty one hospitals, including four in Chennai, have been notified as designated hospitals for treatment of COVID-19 patients in Tamil Nadu. Each of these hospitals will cover patients from earmarked districts.

The Health and Family Welfare Department on Thursday issued a government order designating hospitals in 18 districts as “exclusive COVID-19 hospitals”.

Thirty seven districts in the State should have their own exclusive isolation room for admission and treating influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory syndrome patients.

Each district should have one exclusive quarantine facility, inside the health facility.

In Chennai, the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital and Block B of the Government Medical College Hospital, Omandurar Estate, are the designated hospitals for Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts.

The Government Vellore Medical College Hospital will cover Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts. The Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital for Salem, the Government Erode Medical College Hospital in Perunthurai will cover Erode district.

The ESI Hospital will cover Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Nilgiris while the Government Medical College Hospital in Villupuram will cover Villupuram and Kallakurichi districts.

The Government Tiruvannamalai Medical College Hospital has also been designated while those in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri can go to the Government Dharmapuri Medical College Hospital.

Government Karur Medical College Hospital will cover patients from Karur, Dindigul, Namakkal while Raja Muthiah Medical College, Chidambaram, will cover Cuddalore. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi will cover Ariyalur, Perambalur, Tiruchi and Pudukottai districts.

The other hospitals and the districts that the institutions will cover are — the Government Thanjavur Medical College Hospital (Thanjavur), the Government Tiruvarur Medical College Hospital (Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam), the Government Sivaganga Medical College Hospital (Sivangaga and Ramanathapuram), the Government Madurai Medical College Hospital (Madurai and Virudhunagar), the Government Theni Medical College Hospital (Theni), the Government Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi) and the Government Kanniyakumari Medical College Hospital (Kanniyakumari).