Moh Urged To Guide Gps On How To Monitor Home Quarantine Patients


 


The Health Ministry has been urged to guide general practitioners on how to monitor Covid-19 patients who are in quarantine at home.
General practitioner Dr Boo Cheng Hau said his patients who are in home quarantine have sought help to monitor their conditions.
However, there is no guidance for GPs on this, nor are the patients equipped with the knowledge or devices to help physicians monitor them remotely, he said.
"So far the MOH guidelines are for family members, which cause more confusion, especially to the less learned groups.
"Some patients have been left for days in the house, without even a phone call from any public health officer.
"That is the time general practitioners could play a vital role in helping both patients and relieve over-constrained public resources," Boo told Malaysiakini.
The Johor GP, who himself recently recovered from Covid-19, said he was contacted by patients who were anxious about their conditions while waiting for a hospital bed.
"Some called me to seek advice because public health (professionals) did not give them clear advice.
"I would try to monitor them until hospital beds are available for them to be admitted and alert both hospitals and public health when they deteriorate," Boo said.

Johor GP and former Skudai assemblyperson Boo Cheng Hau
To properly monitor them, the former Skudai assemblyperson said he has instructed his patients to purchase equipment, like an electronic blood pressure set, thermometer and pulse oximeter, so they can accurately report their conditions to him when he calls.
He said this is because simply looking out for pain, cough or shortness of breath is insufficient to understand the extent of deterioration.
Such equipment can be purchased at pharmacies and cost about RM200 in total.
"MOH guidelines (for patients in home quarantine) do mention oximeter usage but many don't know how to interpret the readings.
"Medical personnel or better-educated family members are needed to carry out the monitoring," he said.
"I did encounter some difficulty with some elderly patients who do not know how to use these simple instruments and family members cannot help monitor, as they are isolated from each other," Boo added.
To guide his patients, he has taken to uploading videos on social media to show how these equipment can be used.

The GP said he also has patients who had already been discharged, who come to him to monitor their conditions.

But similarly, no guideline has been issued on what GPs should look out for among those deemed to have recovered from the coronavirus.
"As a former Covid-19 patient myself, I can share the worries and anxieties of the patients.
"Even after their discharge from hospital, I still follow up with them by checking on their organ functions, including heart, kidneys, liver and mental health," he said.
To date, none of his patients has reported severe long-term symptoms, but it is still important for GPs to be guided on what to look out for, Boo added.
As of yesterday, 141,446 people in Malaysia have recovered from Covid-19 and have been discharged from either quarantine or hospital care, but it is unclear how many would require long-term care or follow-up treatment.
There are few reports of the longer-term impact of Covid-19 among Malaysian patients, but some have come forward to share how they are still struggling with simple tasks, such as climbing up stairs or speaking for a longer period, a month after discharge.

Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital
Previously, researchers at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in China followed-up on their Covid-19 survivors six months after their discharge.
Of the 1,733 who participated in the study, 76 percent reported that they still suffer at least one symptom.
These include fatigue or muscle weakness (63 percent), sleep difficulties (26 percent), hair loss (22 percent), and smell disorder (11 percent), among others.
In addition, 13 percent of patients who had no previous kidney problems were found to have reduced kidney function.
The findings were reported in the journal The Lancet on Jan 8.
Although it is one of the most extensive studies on the ‘Long Covid’ phenomenon to date, it only involved patients from one hospital, and only patients severely ill enough to require hospital admission in the first place (ie Stage 3 and above).
The Health Ministry's study on the long-term impact of Covid-19 is ongoing. - Mkini


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