Tocilizumab and Remdesivir Jabs Only After Consultation With Medical Colleges: Govt

Jaipur, 2 Aug 2020:

Now, no district hospital in the state can administer Tocilizumab and Remdesivir injections to Covid-19 patients on their own. They will have to consult the senior doctors of the designated medical colleges across the state and will also have to follow certain protocol and parameters to assess if a patient could be given these injections. The medical and health department took the decision on Friday to streamline the availability and usage of both the injections.

Akhil Arora, principal secretary, medical and health, issued some directions for usage and availability of these two injections which are effective for the treatment of high-risk Covid-19 patients.

“SMS Medical College and its core team involved in the treatment of Covid-19 have successfully used the Tocilizumab and Remedesivir injections on critical patients and they are aware of the protocol needed in this treatment. So, we have designated six medical colleges in the state which would only supply these injections. Moreover, the district hospitals and their doctors will have to seek recommendations from medical colleges to decide if the injections could be administered to some patient or not,” said Arora while talking to TOI on Friday.

“There are some testing protocol about which the doctors of medical colleges are aware. So, it is our duty to sensitize our doctors at district hospitals for academic guidance and knowledge sharing on these injections. They should be using these injections very carefully,” said Dr Sudhir Bhandari, principal, SMS Medical College, who also heads the core team treating Covid-19 patients. The Times Of India