POSITIVES STEPS FOR A PERFECT AND HEALTHY HOME QUARANTINE

Asymptomatic COVID positive patients can now opt for home quarantine under strict monitoring and supervision. While this is welcome, in order to reduce the load on COVID hospitals and care centers, it is important that proper care is taken to ensure that the patient stays healthy, sanitized and protected against transmitting the virus to others in the household. Café spoke to leading medical practitioners for a guide to a proper and safe home quarantine

A separate room with a separate bathroom is vital. You will also need a caretaker who will stay with you and will behave in a careful manner. He should not move out of the house. A doctor should always be a telephone call away. If he is not available, then a health officer should be. It is important to walk for six minutes every day and breathe deeply. Wash all clothes in boiled water and use steel utensils. Avoid plastic bottles. Wear the mask at all times and wash the hands at regular intervals with regular water. Sanitizer not needed- Shekhar Salkar Consultant Oncologist Panjim

My tips are as follows, have a bath in warm water three times a day, drink hot water, inhale, and yes importantly drink milk in the morning and the evening. It should be on a slow burn and add cinnamon, dry Ginger, elaichi, black pepper and then boil it. Avoid anything that contains preservatives. Stay in the room and please indulge yourself in your hobbies like reading, writing, or watching movies.-KK Sanzgiri Ayurvedic consultant Panjim

Ideally, the person should be in a separate room with an attached bathroom. No one from the rest of the family should be near you. Keep in touch with the doctor ad please check the temperature thrice a day. Check the oxygen-carrying capacity and it should not fall below 90. Any indication of breathlessness should be informed to the doctor. Anyone with diabetes or any other worries should take care and anyone over 60 in the house has to be away from the patient.-Vivek Sardesai General Physician Panjim

The patient should have a separate room ideally. A separate bathroom is very important. The COVID positive person should not be in the living room and should wear the mask all the time. The sanitizer should be used regularly and hands should be kept clean. It is important to take rest and sleep well for anywhere between eight to ten hours. The mouth should be rinsed with warm water. Food, freshly cooked, should be eaten on time. Vitamin c, d, calcium, and zinc should be taken. The patient should stay positive and importantly stay in touch with friends because mental health is very important. -Vishwajit Faldesai

General Physician Margao

It is important to stay isolated in a room with a thermometer and oximeter. He or she should eat healthy food meaning lots of citrus food like oranges and lemons and also food with high protein. Vitamin C tablet should be taken every day.-A N Chodankar , General Physician Tiswadi

Isolation is very important. Patient’s temperature should be checked at intervals. It has to be controlled. The oxygen intake has to be checked and yes healthy food with proteins should be given. This is important because many of them can lose their appetite. The person will have to also gargle with hot water- John Conceicao S D Costa Margao,