Corona test report should be ensured within in 24 hours
Saturday - April 17, 2021 11:31 pm ,
Category : BHOPAL
Every patient in home isolation should be given medical kits
Public should be constantly informed about hospitals, beds, etc.
CM Chouhan reviews Corona situation and arrangements
Bhopal 17 April 2021: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the number of Corona tests should be increased and its report should be ensured within 24 hours. The system of home isolation should be strengthened and free medical kit should be given to every patient living in home isolation.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the facilities of beds, oxygen, injections, medicines, etc. should be provided unhindered in hospitals in the state for treatment of Corona. Also, information about these facilities should be made available to the public through call center 1075 etc.
Chief Minister Chouhan was reviewing the situation and arrangements of Corona in the state from his residence today through video conferencing. Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Prabhuram Chaudhary, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman, Additional Chief Secretary Home Rajesh Rajaura, Health Commissioner Akash Tripathi etc. were present in the meeting through video conference.
Oxygen should reach all the districts on time
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the supply of oxygen in the state is constantly increasing and oxygen is being received as per consumption. It should be ensured that the oxygen received is made available to all the districts on time.
Arrangement of four thousand oxygen concentrators
Four thousand oxygen concentrators are being arranged in different districts of the state. Orders have been issued in this connection. Two thousand concentrators have already been given and 150 more have come. Similarly, action is being taken in connection with the commissioning of 58 oxygen plants in all the districts. Of these, 21 have been installed and 13 will be operational soon.
63 thousand 889 active cases in the state
There are 63 thousand 889 active cases of Corona in the state. As many as 11 thousand 269 new cases of Corona have come up. The pace of spread of Corona infection has slowed down in the state. 68 percent of active cases are in home isolation and 32 percent in hospitals.
Injection supply from aircraft
Chief Minister Chouhan said that arrangements should be made to ensure prompt supply of Remdesivir injection through aircraft. Hetero Company has been given order for one lakh Remdesivir injections.
Corona test and treatment should be conducted at the prescribed rate
Chief Minister Chouhan has issued instructions to ensure that Corona test, CT scan and Corona treatment should be conducted at the same rate prescribed by private labs, hospitals. Rates of test and treatment should be displayed outside the hospital. Action should be taken against hospitals which charge more than the prescribed rates.
There should be no queue for testing
Chief Minister Chouhan directed to increase Corona testing capacity in government and private labs. Also, arrangements should be such in these labs so that no one has to line up to get Corona test done.
CCC started in all districts
As many as 110 Covid Care Centers with 6153 beds have been started in all the districts of the state. Chief Minister Chouhan directed that patients who do not have a place in their house for home isolation, should be kept in CCC. All arrangements of medicines, tea, breakfast, food etc. should be up to the mark here.
Strengthen the Home Isolation System
Chief Minister Chouhan said that the home isolation system should be made so strong that patients need not visit the hospital. Home Isolation should have continuous monitoring with kit of medicines, telemedicine as well. Talk to the patients twice a day. Free medicine kits will be distributed to the patients living in home isolation through urban bodies in urban areas and panchayats in rural areas. At present, 44 thousand 999 patients are in home isolation in the state – Window to News
