covid experience at the BMC covid hospitals
1) If anyone has symptoms even for a short period of time or if one has come in contact with a person who has tested positive, it makes immense sense to get a PCR test done 2) Testing facilities are freely available now and the test process is conducted quite well. All three of us experienced a fairly efficient procedure of testing. For very senior people or disabled people who cannot go to a test centre, home visits for testing are also possible. kumar got tested at Suburban Diagnostics and Ram and I got tested at Kokilaben hospital. The experience was similar. 3) In case the test is positive for covid-19, the BMC will contact the person. For people above the age of 50, they recommend getting admitted to a hospital, but do not insist if we can convince them that we have a convenient home set-up to do self-quarantining. 4) In the case of people like kumar, they insist on isolating at a BMC quarantine centre as his house is very small and home-quarantine wou...