JIPMER issues recall instructions for final year MBBS students

Procedures on Arrival at JIPMER, Puducherry

Quarantine policy:

Period of quarantine: 7 days

Quarantine place:

1. JIPMER Puducherry male students: respective hostel rooms in Osler House.
2. JIPMER Karaikal male students: Lister Annexe
3. JIPMER Puducherry and Karaikal female students: Blackwell House I

A strict compliance is requested and expected, failing which you may be placed in isolation and may not be permitted to appear for the examinations.

All the students will undergo a COVID throat/nasal swab test on day 7. If the test result is negative,

1. JIPMER Puducherry male students will continue staying in their own rooms
2. JIPMER Karaikal male students will return to Type 4 quarters, vacate the room and shift to Lister House (rooms will be allotted there).
3. JIPMER Puducherry and Karaikal female students will return to their respective rooms in Curie House I and Curie House (Old) respectively.

If the test result is positive, he/she will be immediately placed in isolation with round-the-clock monitoring. He/she will be treated as advised by the COVID clinical team. Information about their health status will be communicated to the parents immediately. Covid-19 positive students will not be permitted to join the clinical postings until recovery.

Thermal & Bar code Scanning: At the hostel gate, security personnel will scan your temperature at entry.

*Screening Process for students having Covid-19 related symptoms:

• Immediately on arrival, you should report to the "triage area" located in the SSB Annex (open 24 hours) ONLY IF you have any symptoms related to Covid-19. You will not be entertained if you are not wearing a face mask or do not carry your JIPMER student ID card).
• Thermal scanning (temperature recording) will be done.
• COVID-19 screening/testing: You will be screened for COVID symptoms, and a sample will be collected for COVID-19 testing if necessary.
• Only after the above screening process, will you be able to proceed to your respective hostel room.

JIPMER follows various COVID-19 guidelines/orders issued by the Government of India/Union Territory of Puducherryfrom time to time. It is the students' responsibility to strictly adhere to the COVID-19 safety instructions and any breech may make them vulnerable to get infected. We request all students to abide by the prescribed norms at all times to keep themselves safe. In spite of our best efforts, if a student acquires COVID-19 infection, he/she will be treated in JIPMER according to the JIPMER treatment protocol. However, JIPMER will not be responsible or liable for any prosecution in any such cases.

JIPMER follows the guideline/orders relating to COVID-19 issued by the Government of India/Union Territory of Puducherry from time to time. The Institute also considers it as the students' responsiblility to strictly adhere to the COVID-19 safety instructions, which have been informed to them and will be conveyed in future from time to time , to keep themselves safe. All the students need to understand that any breach of these instructions is likely to make them vulnerable to infection and COVID-19.

Parents are requested to instruct their children/wards to strictly follow all precautions and instructions at all times- including in their class rooms, hostels, while using the mess facility. These instructions issued by JIPMER are aimed at ensuring the welfare and safety of all students from time to time. In spite of our best efforts, should a student acquire COVID-19 infection, he/she will be treated at JIPMER as per the Institute's treatment protocol.