Covid-19: Abu Dhabi opens six new assessment centres for infected patients – News

Prime assessment centres present people with fast and protected entry to PCR testing, medical test-up and help from specialists

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Abu Dhabi-based VPS Healthcare has opened six Covid-19 Prime Assessment Centres for infected group members, Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) stated.

With Omicron variant resulting in a surge in Covid-19 instances, these specialised centres have come up exterior the VPS hospitals in Abu Dhabi City, suburbs and Al Ain.

This is for the primary time for the reason that begin of the pandemic {that a} personal healthcare group within the nation has been tasked with establishing devoted assessment centres. VPS has designed a complete plan to supply care to optimistic patients in specifically designed devoted tents exterior the hospital premises.

Covid-19 optimistic people can stroll in to the centre for registration on a primary-come, first-serve-foundation, the place amenities embrace a spherical-the-clock fever clinic for session and threat assessment, screening amenities, X-ray service, blood pattern assortment, laboratory, and so forth. Centres have a mixed capability to serve 2,000 to three,000 patients a day.

Dr Pankaj Chawla, director of operations, Special Projects, VPS Healthcare, stated {that a} prime assessment centre gives a person with fast and protected entry to PCR testing, medical test-up and help from specialists.

“A devoted group of skilled healthcare staff, paramedics, and help employees have been deployed in these centres to supply one of the best and best companies,” Dr Chawla advised Khaleej Times.

According to ADPHC, if an individual assessments optimistic, a retest should be executed at any well being facility or Seha Drive-Thru Screening Centre, and proceed isolation till the consequence comes. An individual with medium to extreme signs should head to one of many VPS prime assessment centres. An individual who will get a second detrimental check, should take one other check inside 24 hours to make sure a 3rd detrimental consequence.

Meanwhile, a second optimistic consequence means the particular person must isolate at dwelling for 10 days or at designated amenities or go to one of many prime assessment centres arrange exterior these hospital premises: Burjeel Medical City in Mohamed Bin Zayed City; Medeor Hospital, Abu Dhabi City, LLH Hospital and Lifecare Hospital in Mussafah, Lifecare Hospital in Baniyas and Burjeel Royal Hospital in Al Ain.

Dr Chawla famous that centres have been arrange with strict an infection management protocols in place.

“These centres have been arrange exterior the hospital premises with separate entry and exit factors. So, it doesn’t impression the operations of the hospitals or common affected person visits. Apart from guaranteeing security protocols in organising the centres, our group is functioning with all biosafety gears,” Dr Chawla stated.

“Healthcare staff and help employees are following all measures, together with N95 masks, face shields, PPE and different security gears. Also, they’ve been solely deployed for serving the centre and particular residences have been supplied.”

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ADPHC has famous that optimistic people who fall beneath excessive-threat classes should go to assessment centres at: Mafraq Hospital, Al Mushrif Wedding Hall, Madinat Mohamed Bin Zayed Center (Abu Dhabi), Al Ain Convention Center Gate 7 (Al Ain), and Al Dhafra Hospitals Prime Assessment Centres and Madinat Zayed City Center (Al Dhafra).

What occurs at a major assessment centre?

First, the Al Hosn app or SMS for an infection is checked. In the fever clinic, the very important indicators, together with oxygen saturation, are measured. Then there can be a health care provider’s session.

Based on the chance assessment, the affected person can be guided to do sure diagnostics like laboratory assessments and X-ray. Upon the assessment of those stories, the patients can be categorised as needing dwelling isolation, discipline quarantine facility or hospital admission.

If the affected person is recognized for dwelling isolation, a tracker watch is fitted on their wrist, medicines are given. The affected person is distributed again dwelling to finish 10-day isolation. A affected person recognized for a house quarantine, discipline quarantine or hospital admissions can be then referred to the respective facility utilizing the Estijaba platform as per the instructions of healthcare regulators.