Thursday, 20 May 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
In an attempt to control the contagion of the Covid -19 the Uttarakhand government has streamlined the mechanism of monitoring the patients in home isolation. The state administration has appointed Senior IAS officer Dilip Jawalkar as nodal officer for home isolation and now it is gearing up to appoint medical counsellors for every patient in home isolation. Apart from these steps the Village Panchayat village Covid control committees have been entrusted with the monitoring of Covid 19 patients.
For the Covid patients in home isolation the state health department is providing a kit which contains six doses of Tablet Ivermectin ( 12 mg) which should be taken twice a day for three days by patients who are above 15 years of age. For the patients between 10 -15 years one tablet of Ivermectin per day should be taken for three days.
The kit also contains Tablet Azithromycin (500 mg), a single dose of which should be taken for five days. The Tablet Doxy (100) can be taken as a substitute for Azithromycin. Two doses of it should be taken after meals for seven days. For controlling the fever, the patient should take tablet Paracetamol (650 mg). The kit also contains vitamin C tablets which should be taken thrice a day and tablet Zinc (50 mg) two times a day for ten days. The kit also contains sachets of Cholecalciferol (60000 ICU). One sachet should be taken with milk once a week and the patients should take them for four weeks. The pregnant women, lactating mothers and persons with liver diseases should consult a doctor before taking Ivermectin and antibiotics. The Ivermectin should not be given to children below two years of age and the children below 15 years should be given medicines only on the advice of doctors. The patients can call on 9412080554 and 9412080687 or log on e- sanjeevani portal for free medical consultation.
