PGI online portal for Covid-19 awareness

Chandigarh, April 5

To connect better to the general public and healthcare workers, the Director, PGIMER, has constituted a Corona Prevention & Information, Education and Communication Committee. This committee is headed by Prof JS Thakur, Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGI.

The committee has developed a portal on Covid-19 which is now active on website pgimer.edu.in. The portal includes an information booklet on Covid-19 for general public, FAQs in Hindi and English, public awareness posters in Hindi language; various information/guidelines for healthcare workers developed by the PGIMER such as infection control guidelines and drug therapy; and links of various other sources of information regarding Covid-19. Exhaustive list of frequently-asked questions have also been added.

Dr Arpit Gupta, Convener of the committee, said the portal would host various guidelines pertinent to diagnosis and management of patients, therefore, it might help in capacity-building of healthcare workers at various peripheral institutions.

Helpline operational

A PGI Coronavirus helpline (0172-2755444 from 9 am to 5 pm) for the general public is already functional with a focus on prevention, mental health issues, follow-up visits to the PGI, chemoprophylaxis information and donations. — TNS