New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has brought a white paper on the COVID-19 care facility set up on campus in April 2021 during the second wave of the Gandhinagar epidemic. An official statement said that other institutions and communities across the country would benefit from their experience setting up an in-house COVID care facility.
The white paper is publicly available on the institute's official website. Explaining the motive behind developing and releasing the white paper, IITGN Director Professor Sudhir Jain said, “We are facing an unprecedented global health crisis that demands unconventional and immediate action. To support and take care of each other. "
"At IITGN, we did not have the benefit of a guiding document or a standard operating procedure that we could follow in the beginning ... This white paper has been released with the hope that our experiences and lessons developed to other institutions and organizations Can inform anyone interested in doing the same. Equal facilities to support their communities during the epidemic… ”includes Prof. Jain.
IITGN converted its guest house into a COVID care facility. The institute said more than 240 patients were served at the facility from April 1 to May 15, including a peak of 95 in mid-April 2021.
At its peak during April 2021, IIT Gandhinagar had a total of 248 active COVID-19 cases, of which 162 were on campus and the remaining were off-campus students, employees, outsourced employees, and their families.
IIT Gandhinagar said that the Covid care facility provided health services, such as oxygen contractors, respirators, and basic health services, up to the point that the patient needed to be hospitalized. "The development of similar facilities by other communities will, similarly, be equally beneficial not only to members of their community but to the national fight against the epidemic," it said.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare suggested building a 30-bed COVID care center on May 17, 2021, in schools, community halls, panchayat buildings, educational institutions, housing societies, and other communities.
"This will go a long way in relieving pressure on India's medical infrastructure, which is severely affected by lack of beds, oxygen concentrations, oxygen tanks, and respirators, among other facilities," the institute said.
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