Health
Question by:
Hon Rachel Windvogel
Answered by:
Hon Nomafrench Mbombo
Question Number:
8
Question Body:
With reference to the number of positive COVID-19 cases:
- How many of them are patients with comorbidities;
- whether there are patients with comorbidities who have been allowed to self-quarantine at their homes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
- whether her Department has plans to consider compulsory hospitalisation of positive COVID-19 cases with comorbidities given the high number of fatalities in the province; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
- We do not have information on comorbidities on all patients with COVID-19 for the following reasons:
- If the patient is from the private sector, we will not have access to their medical records, only their CoVID-19 test.
- For the public-sector patients, we will have information on comorbidities, but only those with certain comorbidities such as diabetes, TB and HIV
An analysis of comorbidities in CoVID-19 patients- alive and demised.
- Patients with comorbidities are allowed to self-isolate, depending on their clinical presentation and their ability to effectively self-isolate.
- No. Across the world, the clinical standard is to admit patients based on clinical symptoms.
Date:
Friday, May 15, 2020
