Post-Covid care, rehab centres in Karnataka soon

Bengaluru, Nov 5 : Post-Covid care and rehabilitation centres would soon be set up in state-run hospitals in the 30 districts across Karnataka, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar said here on Thursday.
“Post-Covid care centres and rehabilitation centres will be set up in each district hospital across the state to check the condition of recovered patients,” Sudhakar told reporters here.
The technical advisory committee members and medical experts have urged the state government to take care of the infected people even after they are cured and discharged from the designated hospitals.
As Bengaluru continues to be the epicentre of the pandemic in the southern state, with about 50 per cent of the caseload, the care and rehab centres will be first set up at the state-run Bowering, Victoria and KC hospitals in the city.
Health experts have also indicated that 5 per cent of the treated patients may contract the virus even after recovery.
“Although the intensity of the infection will be less in those who had the virus earlier, those without symptoms during first time may have them the second time,” asserted Sudhakar, himself a medical doctor.