Eight special wards at Wenlock Hospital to treat COVID-19 patients: Hospital Superintendent
Mangaluru: Superintendent of District Wenlock Hospital Mangaluru on Tuesday added that the hospital had eight special wards to treat COVID-19 positive patients. The statement comes on the back of several social media posts against the management at the hospital.
The superintendent added that the suspected COVID-19 cases are treated at the special wards and only one patient is lodged in one room. He then said the patients who tests negative for the virus are sent back home with the advise of self-quarantine for 14 days at home.
She further added those who tests positive for the virus, the treatment recommended by World Health Organisation (WHO) is administered under the supervision of Disitrct Health Authorities and the Deputy Commissioner.
The superintendent also asserted that the patients are being treated by expert doctors under the guideline of the health department while help desks have also been set up to create awareness and to provide information about COVID-19 at the hospital.
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Snowfall blocks two key roads providing alternative connectivity to Kashmir
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): Traffic on the Mughal and Sinthan Top roads, which provide alternate connectivity to Kashmir, was temporarily suspended on Sunday due to light to moderate snowfall in the high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
However, traffic on the 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar national highway -- the only all weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country -- was plying as usual despite intermittent rains that ended the over one-and-a-half months long dry spell, they said.
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The Mughal road, which connects the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri with south Kashmir's Shopian, was closed for traffic as a precautionary measure after more than three inches of snow was recorded at Peer Ki Gali on Sunday afternoon.
A group of three tea vendors are left stranded on the road and efforts are on to evacuate them to safety, officials said.
After they were trapped in the snow, the vendors made passionate appeals through video messages urging the authorities to rescue them. The Border Roads Organisation has taken up snow clearance work and is trying to reach the stranded persons, officials said.
The Sinthan Top road, which connects Kishtwar and Doda districts in Jammu with south Kashmir's Anantnag, was also closed after moderate snowfall in the higher reaches.
Both the mountainous roads usually remain closed for several months due to heavy snowfall during winter.
