Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Apr 10: The road between Karnataka and Kerala for patients seeking emergency treatment in the city is opened at Talapady on certain conditions. However, two complaints are filed at Ullal police station accusing some Kerala patients of misusing this facility.

Dakshina Kannada district administration had agreed to give non-coronavirus patients’ treatment in Mangaluru as per the verdict of Supreme Court. The district administration has created a form for the same on its website, which needs to be authorized by the medical officer of Kasargod district government hospital and also the patient entering the city should provide that he or she is not infected with coronavirus (Covid-19).

Talapady border (file photo)

On Thursday, April 9, it has come to light that two patients have misuse this facility offered on humanitarian grounds. A patient who reported to the hospital complaining of headache had undergone preliminary check up by the doctor. At the same time, an ambulance arrived from Kasargod carrying another patient, in which the patient who reported with headache escaped without informing the doctor as per the complaint filed in the Ullal police station.

There is also a suspicion on the proof of certificate of Covid-19 test that is given to the patients by the district government hospital of Kasargod. The reason for this suspicion is that a patient who reported of heart ailment was found to have high fever. He was sent to district hospital for Covid-19 test and brought back to private hospital. A complaint is filed in this regard also. So far Covid-19 confirmation of the said patient is not available.

Though the border is being strictly manned by the police, incidents like this are putting pressure on the district administration which is trying its best to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.