Trichy: Every district will soon have a siddha care centre to treat Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms and asymptomatic patients, said health minister C Vijaya Baskar on Saturday.
The minister was speaking after inaugurating a siddha care centre with 100 beds in government arts college for women in Pudukottai.
At present, there are 18 siddha care centres across the state. More than 75,000 Covid-19 patients are treated in Indian system of medicine which is playing a significant role in treatment. Covid-19 patients are given food rich in herbs as part of treatment.
The health minister said those getting allopathy treatment are given kabasura kudineer and nilavenbu syrup which are part of siddha treatment. The state government has an integrated approach towards Covid-19 treatment and all types of medicines are given equal importance.
“Early diagnosis of the infection makes cure less challenging and that is our strategy,” he said.
Baskar said that late referral should be avoided and asked people to visit hospital without delay if they have symptoms. “Once the lungs are infected, it becomes challenging for doctors,” he added.
He further said that Tamil Nadu continues to lead in RT-PCR testing with 26,58,138 tests having been done so far and 1,83,956 people treated so far.
Baskar said that licences of private hospitals will be cancelled if they are found fleecing patients.