Hosps warned over closing of services

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

04.04.2020

After receiving complaints that many hospitals were closing essential services or refusing treatment to patients from Covid-19 containment zones in Tamil Nadu, the Directorate of Medical Services issued orders threatening to cancel registration of the hospitals that do not offer essential medical care.

A notification issued by director of medical and rural health services Dr Gurunathan said the authorities had received complaints that hospitals in Tirunevelveli and Dindigul were not offering maternal and child welfare services, dialysis, chemotherapy and other neurological supportive care. The orders were issued after people living within the containment zone went to hospitals for treatment.

“Many people called our state helpline seeking certificates that they are free of Covid-19. Dialysis is a lifesaving treatment and any delay could cause serious complications including death in patients with renal failure,” he said.