Tamil Nadu is surging in case of recovery rates. The southern state has the best ‘large’ and ‘very large’ hospitals in the country in terms of worker and workplace safety while treating patients suffering from the virus.  While the Omandurar Government Medical College and Hospital (OGMCH) in Chennai has been conferred with the best ‘large hospital’ (300 to 600 beds) in the country for the safety of workers amid the pandemic, the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, has been declared the best in the ‘very large’ category as it has more than 600 beds.

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The Omandurar Government Medical College and Hospital was the first hospital constructed in Tamil Nadu committed to the treatment of COVID patients. The number of health workers in this hospital affected by COVID has been low and there has been no death due to the infection. The awards have been established by the Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organisations (CAHO), an apex body of accredited healthcare organizations, in association with National Institution of Occupational Health, a wing of Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), and Global Society of HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) Professionals.

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“The award is given for workplace safety every year on ‘World Patient Safety Day’ on September 17. This year, the theme was ‘Health worker safety: a priority for patient safety’,” said R Jayanthi, dean, OGMCH. The awards were selected based on parameters such as provision of adequate PPEs for health workers, having proper physical distance barriers, number of COVID patients treated and the number of healthcare workers in COVID and non-COVID wards not turning positive. 

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