{"id":138765,"date":"2020-10-04T01:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=138765"},"modified":"2020-10-04T01:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T20:02:51","slug":"changlang-dh-opd-khonsa-gh-to-shut-after-hospital-employees-test-covid-19ve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/10\/04\/changlang-dh-opd-khonsa-gh-to-shut-after-hospital-employees-test-covid-19ve\/","title":{"rendered":"Changlang DH OPD, Khonsa GH to shut after hospital employees test Covid-19+ve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[ Pisi Zauing ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CHANGLANG, Oct 3:<\/strong> In view of the sudden spike in Covid-19 positive cases among health professionals, the Changlang DMO has ordered immediate closure of the district hospital&#8217;s (DH) OPD and his office from 3-5 October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The step has been taken to facilitate rapid antigen test of all the health workers, and also for thorough sanitization of the hospital and the DMO office premises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the emergency services and Covid control room staffers will continue to attend their duties as usual, the order read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meantime, those who visited the hospital in the last few days or have had direct or indirect contact with Covid-19 positive health professionals have been asked to self-isolate themselves and get tested at the Changlang welcome gate, near the police station, as early as possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the event of any sign or symptoms like fever, cough, difficulty in breathing or tastelessness, the following numbers may be contacted: 93830 79747, 70859 86896, and 88370 49269.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Khonsa GH to close down for 72 hrs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, eight staffers of the general hospital (GH) in Tirap HQ Khonsa tested Covid-19 positive on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the rising numbers of Covid-19 positive cases, the hospital authority has decided to close down the hospital for 72 hours from 4 October for contact-tracing and sanitization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, emergency services will be available with a limited number of hospital staff during the period, according to an official release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Pisi Zauing ] CHANGLANG, Oct 3: In view of the sudden spike in Covid-19 positive cases among health professionals, the Changlang DMO has ordered immediate closure of the district hospital&#8217;s (DH) OPD and his office from 3-5 October. The step has been taken to facilitate rapid antigen test of all the health workers, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}