<p><strong>Lucknow:</strong> The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has announced that OPD services for general patients would start at all community health centres and primary health centres from Friday onwards.<br /><br />An order issued by Additional Chief Secretary Health and Family Welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad, said: "Amid reports of patients suffering on account of poor availability of non-Covid-19 care, it is important to restore the general patient care. And in wake of the same, several instructions have been passed on to the districts."</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="" href="https://ift.tt/2SXY3ZZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-toggle="tooltip" data-html="true" data-original-title="Story ID: 1461736">UP Minister Calls Akhilesh Yadav 'Twitter Neta', Says CM Yogi Adityanath Is 'Always On Ground'</a></span></strong><br /><br />As per the order, surgical services at district hospitals should also be started with proper care and caution, in view of the Covid infection.<br /><br />"Planned surgeries may be scheduled after an RT PCR/TruNat negative report," the order said.<br /><br />Post-Covid care should also be started at all the district hospitals with proper arrangements of physician, physiotherapist and mental health experts.<br /><br />All health facilities across the must have a fever clinic. <br /><br />Patients with fever, influenza-like illness must be kept away from the other patients. Covid-19 screening should also be provided there.<br /><br />The order also said that out-patient and in-patient services at community and primary health centres must be started. <br /><br />In case any patient is undergoing treatment at these centres, the patient must be shifted to the level-2 facility so that services may be started after proper sanitisation activity.<br /><br />Steps must be taken to ensure that services extended to pregnant women including ante-natal care, child birth and even C-section procedure should be resumed. <br /><br />Steps must be taken to restart urban health centres, the order said.</p>

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