Kerala ranked eighth in dealing with Covid second wave: Survey

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Only 39 per cent of Keralites fee the state authorities’s dealing with of Covid second wave as efficient, reveals a survey performed by group social media platform LocalCircles.

The survey, which requested residents to fee authorities’s efficiency on the general dealing with of the second wave, acquired 1,684 responses.The survey was performed through the LocalCircles platform and all members have been validated residents who needed to be registered with LocalCircles to take part within the survey. The efficiency was rated based mostly on parameters reminiscent of availability of testing, containment services, hospital beds, oxygen, medicines and so forth.  

As many as 22 per cent of residents rated the efficiency of the Kerala authorities’s dealing with of Covid second wave as ‘very effective, while 17 per cent said ‘effective’, and 33 per cent stated ‘somewhat effective’. Meanwhile, 28 per cent of Kerala residents surveyed rated the Kerala authorities’s dealing with of the second wave as ‘Ineffective’.

None of the respondents rated the state’s dealing with as a complete failure. The findings of the survey point out that Kerala ranked eighth amongst 17 states of India.  Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh residents have rated their respective state governments’ dealing with of second wave as excessive. Meanwhile, scores of Bihar and West Bengal have been the bottom.

In an announcement, the physique which performed the survey has opined that the residents of Kerala aren’t glad with the Kerala authorities’s dealing with of second wave within the state, after what they witnessed within the final two-month interval.

“This is evident with only 39 per cent of Kerala residents rating the state government’s handling of second wave as effective. As the government works on getting ready to handle the third wave, it is critical that all aspects are covered,” it stated in its assertion.

The facets starting from testing, containment, hospital beds availability, readiness to deal with pediatric instances of Covid, medical doctors and medical workers, gear like ventilators, BIPAP machines, concentrators, medicines and all issues associated to Covid ought to be made accessible in ample portions, it stated.

It is important that info movement is considerably improved and centralised such that residents name a single quantity and based mostly on their situation, location, preferences and price range they’re assigned the precise hospital.

“Similarly, it is key that the patient information dissemination is streamlined, and hospitals can  communicate with the family on the patient’s current health condition in a timely manner,” it stated.