Ziqitza - Safe Ways To Visit A Hospital
                     Ziqitza - Safe Ways 
To Visit A Hospital In 
A Pandemic
Ironically enough, the scariest place a person can think of visiting during a pandemic is 
a hospital. And in a sense, the fear is justified. Hospitals are the hotspots for corona 
patients because well, they’re being treated there. So it’s fine for a healthy person to 
fear going to a hospital. But completely avoiding medical attention when it’s needed is 
foolish.
So we here at Ziqitza Healthcare ltd have come up 
with methods for the common public to practice 
and protect themselves (and others) whenever they 
visit a medical space/ hospital:
 
Always Follow Social Distancing- The hospital is a 
public space in regular life and even more so during 
a pandemic. You should always follow the 
government prescribed social distancing rules of 
maintaining a 6 feet gap and wearing a mask as if 
your life depends on it because it actually does. 
Doctors and medical staff are putting their lives on 
the line and working in horrific conditions to pull us 
out of this nightmarish situation. The least we could 
do is follow rules that definitively curb the spread of 
the virus, the rules being of social distancing. 
Always try to maintain at least 6 feet distance from everyone whenever it is possible, even if 
the hospital is crowded. Don’t be afraid to educate others about this situation too. Even if one 
person does what he/she is supposed to, it could result in the saving of many lives. Be careful 
and cautious.
1. Travel Alone- Travelling to a hospital in times like these can be scary and it’s normal to want 
a comforting shoulder, but unnecessarily stepping outside can result in a fatal failure rather 
than a comforting shoulder. So if it’s possible, travel alone when you are going to a hospital for 
your treatment for there is a risk of both you and your partner getting infected or infecting 
other people around the hospital. If some patients can’t travel alone for example a child, or a 
differently-abled person, or a senior citizen, it is alright for them to have a companion. But be 
careful and follow all the rules of social distancing and PPEs. 
Minimize your risk. Don’t raise it unnecessarily. Or if it’s 
an emergency, Ziqitza provides top of the line network 
of emergency ambulance services to the citizens of India 
across all metros. It also runs a 102 free helpline to give 
out no cost transportation services to pregnant women 
of India under the JSSK program started in 2011.
2. Wearing Proper PPE- Personal protective equipment 
or PPE for short has become a common word in the 
Indian household now. Now that is a great thing as more 
and more people are getting aware of the situation of the 
world and the dangerous, rapid spread of the Corona 
Virus. But generally, people fail to understand the true 
meaning of PPE. PPE means a personal method for the 
general public to shield themselves from a transferrable 
disease. There is no standard for it so people have 
become abstract with the concept, and it works in the 
general way when people are only stepping out to buy 
groceries and go on their morning exercise routine. But in 
a public place and a hospital at that, you should always be 
equipped to your maximum protectiveness. Wear gloves 
and a mask, carry a sanitizer with you and avoid touching 
objects when it is not required. You can equip yourself 
with the best protection because you have the freedom to 
do so. Don’t always go for the bare minimum. Protect 
yourself in the best way you can when visiting a hospital.
3. Interacting with Doctors and Hospital 
Staff- Doctors, nurses, and receptionists 
interact with the most amount of people infected 
with the Corona Virus. So please maintain 
distance from them and try to avoid getting in 
contact with them. You could be an 
asymptomatic carrier and endanger not only the 
lives of hospital workers but also the patients 
they are tending to. Respect medical staff for 
putting their lives on the risk for the country and 
don’t provide any avoidable hindrance in their 
work.
4. Interacting With Other Patients- Many people in India 
have a habit of stopping on the streets and talking to an 
acquaintance they randomly found. This habit is still being 
instilled in people as they are not able to get much human 
interaction. But please, don’t stop in the middle of the 
hospital to chat with your neighbor who happened to be in 
the hospital when you were too. A hospital is a fast-paced 
cleansing mechanism trying to clean up the dirt littered by 
the Corona Virus, and by mindlessly chatting with other 
patients you are a cog in the said mechanism. Get your 
check-up done and return home as soon as possible. The 
cases are rising. Lifting of the lockdown doesn’t mean we 
are winning, it means that the government is betting on 
the common sense of people. Prove to them that they’ve 
selected the right horse.