Constitution of State Level Committee for Death Audit on COVID-19

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT



HM & FW Department –Prevention and Management of COVID-19-Constitution of State Level Committee for Death Audit on COVID-19 – Orders- Issued.
HEALTH, MEDICAL & FAMILY WELFARE (B2) DEPARTMENT
G.O.RT.No. 253    Dated: 28-04-2020.

Read:From the Commissioner of Health &Family Welfare, A.P.,Vijayawada, Lr.Rc.No.8065/COVID-19/IDSP/2020, dt.25.04.2020.



ORDER:
In the circumstances reported by the Commissioner of Health &Family Welfare, A.P., Vijayawada in the letter read above, Government after careful examination of the matter hereby constitute the State Level Committee with the following members for audit of deaths related to COVID-19:


Sl.No.
Designation
Chairman/Member
1.
Director of Medical Education
Chairman
2.
Director of Public Health &Family
Welfare
Member
3.
Commissioner of APVVP
Member
4.
Registrar of NTRUHS
Member
5.
Professor of Forensic Medicine,
GGH Vijayawada.
Member
6.
Professor of
Communit
y Medicine,
GG
H Vijayawada.
Member
7.
Professor of General Medicine, GGH Guntur.
Member
8.
IMA Representative
Member
9.
Any other Expert as Special invitee
Member




2. The State Level Death Audit Committee on COVID-19, constituted above,

shall: 
 (i) Examine all the case records to ascertain the cause of death. 
 (ii) Conduct verbal autopsy with all the stakeholders to identify the cause of death. 
 (iii) Analyse the trends and use the data to predict future trends and planning for Management strategies and suggest measures to reduce the mortality. 


 3. The above Committee, shall submit its reports to the State Nodal Authority for COVID-19/Commissioner of Health &Family Welfare, A.P., Vijayawada. 
 (BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)


 Dr.K.S.JAWAHAR REDDY, 
 SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

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