The Dakshina Kannada District administration has launched ‘Vaidyara Nade Halliya Kade’ which means to the villages that the doctors shall go, in view of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the district.
Medical colleges were given the task of assigning post graduates and junior doctors to help check the spread of infection in rural parts of the districts. The medical workers travelled by road and in places with none they reached out to thousands of people by foot. The team reached out to 1,500 villages and detected 667 positive cases. The early detection has helped curb the further spread of the virus.
The team from AJ institute of Medical Sciences has visited more than 2,000 households in the Bantwal district and has tested about 10,000 people. The team started off on May 13. The Associate Professor of Community Medicine said that the task was an onerous one. He added that it was a challenging exercise. Even after regular instructions and awareness from the government, the people were hesitant to take up the test for the novel coronavirus infection. The college had appointed 30 doctors including post graduate and senior doctors. They were split into groups of 6 where they visited 18 public health care centres, two community health centres and a seva kendra. They have noticed that the virus has reached the remotest parts of the village and hence the tests need to be intensified.
Associate professor of department of community medicine from Katsurba Medical college said that this enabled the cases much faster. Else the issue would have slipped under the radar. He added that at KMC they launched the program and has so far visited 6,500 households in Moodabidri and Kateel. He says that the situation is much better than the 1st wave as they have deputed a team of 50 members which comprises interns, senior faculty and 14 laboratory technicians. Dakshina Kannada district health officer told the media that this project has enabled the administration to know more about the prevailing
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