Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Apr 8: Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, said that the Supreme Court has ordered to open Karnataka's border with Kerala at Talapady for emergency medical treatment with certain restrictions as per the yardsticks agreed upon by senior officials of both the states.

She said that in this connection, a district level COVID control meeting was held with the members of Indian Medical Association. Permission has been given to bring patients by government ambulances in emergency cases for treatment and road accidents. The patients wishing to come to Mangaluru should bring certificate from the local government medical officer stating that the patient is not suffering from coronavirus infection and that the specific treatment is not available at Kasargod. She further stated that the ambulances bringing patients would be sanitised as per the directions of the union health and family welfare ministry.

"Only a single helper, ambulance driver, and a paramedic are allowed to be brought into Karnataka along with the patient. A medical team from our district has been deployed at Talapady border. The ambulance and patient coming from Kasargod will be matched with the check list along with preliminary documents after which the same would be allowed into the district. Already the check list has been prepared and sent to Kasargod district administration," she stated.