Gujarat Superspeciality Hospital continues to follow the highest standards of safety precautions as we monitor COVID-19 in our community. It’s during this time that we understand that when you need medical care, we are there to provide you the best treatment. Our hospital and emergency care departments are open and available to provide safe emergency and essential care.
When should I go to the emergency department?
We understand that you are concerned about the safety of your loved ones during these trying times, but it’s important to seek medical care when you need it. Delaying care may create greater risks to your health.
The following are the symptoms for which you should immediately go to the emergency department.
- Chest pain or pressure, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of heart attack or other heart problems.
- Sudden numbness, weakness, confusion, loss of vision
- Cough, headache, vomiting, sore throat, diarrhea, abdominal pain
- High fever
- Intense or unexplained pain
What if I am afraid to go to the emergency department?
We understand your fears. Our emergency department is able to isolate patients who may have COVID-19 symptoms from those with other emergent problems. Our emergency department staff members wear protective equipment and place patients who may have COVID-19 in private rooms to ensure that infections are not spread from person to person. Each patient room is fully disinfected after each patient leaves. Please remember that waiting too long to seek care for some health care emergencies is a bigger risk than the chance of contracting COVID-19.
What safety precautions, we take to ensure that the premises are safe and clean?
Your health and well-being are our top priorities. At Gujarat Superspeciality Hospital, our infection prevention specialists are leaders in providing guidelines to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. We take infection prevention very seriously in all our patient rooms and operating rooms. In addition, we have carefully planned and taken the below given extra precautions to help ensure that we are doing everything we can to minimize any risk to our patients and staff members.
- Separate Exit and Entry Points
- Dedicated lift for COVID-19 patients
- Dedicated COVID-19 floor and COVID ICU
- A separate team of doctors and staff
- Infection prevention and control guidelines
COVID Care at Gujarat Superspeciality Hospital
- All our staff members, patients and visitors wear masks in the facility.
- Care teams of GSH treating COVID-19 patients wear personal protective gear, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
- We are extremely focussed on keeping our premises clean. Surfaces and equipment are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected using products that are effective against a range of organisms and viruses, including the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
- We keep our waiting area clean.
- Alcohol-based sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol is available.
- Our doctors, nurses and medical staff members sanitize or wash their hands before and after interacting with patients.
- We minimize the number of people at the facility and practice social distancing strictly.
We have treated 500+ COVID-19 patients till now. We are committed to providing safe, high-quality care for our patients and employees.
