General Out-patient Departments set up to Battle spike in fever and Acute Respiratory Infections.

In an announcement on Saturday afternoon, the hospital revealed that due to the recent spike in fever and Acute Respiratory Infections presented to the Emergency Room and General OPD, a special dedicated GOPD has been established to attend to these cases. 
 
A dedicated General Out-patient Department (GOPD) has been established at ADK Hospital in the wake of increasing cases of viral fever and the common cold. 
The fever GOPD will be attending to fever cases at the Health Center Building inside ADK Hospital and will be open from 4 pm to 10 pm every day. 

The establishment of the department will ensure rising cases of viral fever and ARI are attended to efficiently. Individuals who are experiencing symptoms of viral fever and the common cold are urged to visit the fever GOPD for consultations. 

Further, a special Flu Clinic had been established by the Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) on September 26. With an increase in common cold cases, the Flu Clinic was established for those who have symptoms to easily consult. The clinic is located in the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) building and will be open to the public from 8:30 am to 10 pm every day. 
 
 
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has warned caution in the midst of an alarming increase in wide-spreading common cold infections. 

Member of HPA’s Technical Advisory Group Dr. Nazla Mustafa revealed that although authorities have been successful in controlling the spread of Covid-19 nationwide, there has been an alarming surge in infections of the wide-spreading common cold. She urged caution, especially from students and their parents. As such, parents and guardians have been urged to refrain from sending children to school should they come down with the flu, as some cases are observed to be severe? 
Authorities were successful in their efforts to battle a fourth and more infectious wave of the pandemic in early May this year. 

Further, cases of influenza reported over the past few months have also been increasing. In September, 68 out of 209 samples tested for influenza returned positive to Influenza A.