People have lack of clarity regarding hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients, says survey

This is in contrast to the stipulation of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the clinical guidance for management of adult COVID-19 patients wherein it has been stated that an oxygen concentration less than or equal to 93% on room air requires hospital admission, a fact known only to 11% of the respondents of the survey.

As many as 35% of respondents of a survey on household preparedness for COVID-19 is of the view that patients should be hospitalised at the onset of the first symptom. This is in contrast to the stipulation of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the clinical guidance for management of adult COVID-19 patients wherein it has been stated that an oxygen concentration less than or equal to 93% on room air requires hospital admission, a fact known only to 11% of the respondents of the survey. Conducted by Sambodhi Panels, an initiative of Sambodhi Research and Communications, a multi-disciplinary organisation based in Noida, the survey covered Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and Gujarat. Two-thirds of the respondents belonged to below poverty line (BPL) and 49% was from Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Men accounted for 76% of the respondents.