Updated July 22nd, 2021 at 22:50 IST
City hospital sets up Covid taskforce to handle paediatric patients
City hospital sets up Covid taskforce to handle paediatric patients
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Chennai, Jul 22 (PTI) Gleneagles Global Health City on Thursday announced the launching of a Covid-19 task force to handle the "complex group" of paediatric patients.
With the anticipation of a third Covid wave, GGHC is prepared to handle the most vulnerable patient population as they are not vaccinated yet, the hospital said in a release.
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"The task force has acknowledged that this group of patient population is special as they can range from newborn who are born to Covid-19 positive mothers to children up to 18 years of age having variable presentation including post-Covid immunological problems," it said.
The multi-disciplinary team of doctors include experienced General Paediatricians, Neonatologists, and Paediatric Intensivists and the task force is headed by Dr Perumal Karnan, Senior Consultant and Clinical Lead-Department of Paediatrics, it added. PTI SA BN SAT BALA BN SAT BALA
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Published July 22nd, 2021 at 22:50 IST