Managing COVID-19: The Kerala Model
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Case Code: ECON086 Case Length: 13 Pages Period: 2018-2020 Pub Date: 2020 Teaching Note: Available |
Price: Rs.300 Organization : Government Agency Industry : Government & Non-Profit Organisations Countries : India Themes: Crisis Management & Conflict, Public Policy, Disaster Management, Government & Economy |
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Kerala's Robust Healthcare System
The state of Kerala was formed on November 1, 1956. Blessed with greenery, evergreen forests, beaches, backwaters, and hill stations, the state also had the highest literacy levels and the lowest infant mortality rate in the entire country. Kerala had an efficient healthcare system which encompassed all sections of society in all the locations, rural and urban. Even before the formation of the state, Kerala had a strong history of a public healthcare system with the princely states of Travancore, Malabar, and Cochin providing healthcare to the poor and needy with free medicines and treatment...
Preparing for the Worst
With the declaration of the third case of Covid-19 on February 3, 2020, the GoK declared the outbreak a state disaster and the Disaster Management Act came into force. A State Response Team (SRT) was immediately formed. The team included senior officials from the various departments of Infectious diseases, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Community medicine, Food safety, and Drug control. A state control room was established which was coordinated by the floor managers and worked in shifts round the clock. There were 18 state level teams for the coordination and control of different functions such as human resource management, surveillance, training and infrastructure, and call centers....
Making the Kerala Model Work
The increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in March 2020 from five cases on March 8, 2020, to more than 200 cases on March 29, 2020, led the GoK to implementing policies on a war footing, including measures such as effective communication, ‘break the chain’, contact and tracing, relief measures, and managing and strengthening human resources.....
Kerala's Crisis Management Model Wins Accolades
In a program on the BBC channel 'Work Life India' Kerala's healthcare system was praised for the effective containment of the Covid-19 in the state. Virologist Jameel praised the healthcare infrastructure of Kerala and mentioned that it had very good diagnostic abilities and healthcare centers...
Looking Ahead
The lockdown which was scheduled to have been withdrawn on April 14, 2020, was extended till May 3, 2020, by the Government of India (GoI). With the number of new Covid-19 cases coming down considerably and many more patients on the road to recovery, the GoK planned to continue the surveillance till April 30, 2020. Shailaja commented,...
Exhibits
Exhibit I: Number of Covid-19 cases in the Southern states of India (As on April 21, 2020)
Exhibit II:Graph Depicting the Total Positive cases vs. Recovered cases as on April 12, 2020
Exhibit III: Details of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary levels of Healthcare system of Kerala
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