Officials from the Delhi government health department announced on Tuesday that seventy isolation rooms have been set up across six hospitals in the national capital in response to the discovery of the third case of monkeypox.
Seventy isolation rooms have been established across six hospitals in Delhi to combat the outbreak of monkeypox, officials said on Tuesday, hours after the national capital confirmed its third case of the virus.
Twenty of these rooms have been created at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, the central treatment facility for confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox, while five other institutions in the city have each established ten isolation rooms.
GTB Hospital, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, and three private hospitals, Kailash Deepak Hospital, MD City Hospital, and Batra Hospital, Tughlakabad, are among the five hospitals, according to the official.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister’s Office stated that healthcare for Delhi residents is a “top priority” for the Kejriwal administration.
“The Delhi government is monitoring the entire scenario regarding the monkeypox outbreak and has made all necessary steps to fight back.”
At light of the current circumstances, isolation rooms have been established in three government hospitals and three private institutions,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in a statement.
The AAP-led Delhi administration is prepared to combat “even a potential epidemic of monkeypox,” he claimed, and more isolation rooms will be created if necessary.
A 35-year-old man of African descent with no recent history of international travel has tested positive for monkeypox in Delhi, making it the eighth instance of the infection in the country and the third in the city, according to government sources.
They reported that the man was admitted to the government-run LNJP Hospital in Delhi on Monday and that his condition is stable.
“Very few instances of monkeypox have been documented in India, although all preventative precautions are in place.
Sisodia said that the Delhi administration is taking significant measures to avoid the spread of monkeypox across the nation’s capital.
“In the future, the number of rooms will be raised based on demand. According to global norms, all preparations have been done to combat the dangerous monkeypox virus, he said.
The deputy chief minister of Delhi further emphasized that, despite the fact that monkeypox is a contagious disease, “one must take precautions instead of being afraid”.
Two suspected instances of monkeypox are currently being treated at the LNJP Hospital, while the guy from west Delhi who was the first documented case of the viral zoonotic illness in Delhi was released on Monday, according to sources speaking with PTI.
“To provide quick treatment for confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox, the government of Delhi has created isolation rooms in three government hospitals and three private hospitals,” Sisodia said.
The statement said that as of July 23 of this year, more than 16,000 instances of monkeypox have been reported in 75 countries throughout the globe, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to proclaim monkeypox a “public health emergency.”
According to the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a person may be a suspected case of monkeypox if he or she has traveled to monkeypox-affected countries within the past 21 days and exhibits symptoms such as lymph node enlargement, fever, headache, body ache, rashes, weakness, and respiratory symptoms.
Avoiding exposure to an infected individual is one of the precautions that must be taken to prevent monkeypox infection. The disease can be transmitted through direct physical contact, with skin or skin wounds, or through contact with things used by an infected individual, such as clothing, bedding, or utensils, according to the statement.
