RT-PCR must for patients before surgeries

Aurangabad: The district disaster management authority has decided to make the RT-PCR test for Covid-19 detection mandatory for patients before undergoing any surgery here in Maharashtra, an official said on Tuesday.

Hospital authorities in Aurangabad have also been asked to check the patient's Covid-19 vaccination status, Collector Sunil Chavan said in a release, but did not specify any reason for these decisions which were taken after a meeting to review the pandemic situation here.

Medical facilities have been asked to make a note of the patient's vaccination status on his/her case papers, which will be checked by authorities, the collector said. Aurangabad did not report any new Covid-19 case on Monday. As of now, there is only one active Covid-19 case in Aurangabad and the patient is in home isolation, a district administration official said.

The district administration has also decided to issue show cause notices to heads of 10 health centres to explain low Covid-19 vaccination percentage there, the collector's release said.