Increase number of beds in COVID hospitals: Jagan
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed officers to extend the number of beds in COVID hospitals and prepare 3,000 beds, together with 1,000 oxygen beds, in COVID Care Centres in each district and to arrange the required oxygen manufacturing vegetation and oxygen tanks at hospitals.
Speaking at a overview assembly on COVID at his camp workplace on Thursday, the Chief Minister mentioned the charges paid to empanelled non-public hospitals for COVID therapy may very well be elevated and the identical may very well be made relevant to Aarogyasri hospitals.
He mentioned it ought to be ensured that no hospital denied therapy to COVID sufferers and added that the salaries of each female and male nurses in COVID hospitals may very well be elevated.
The Chief Minister directed the officers to arrange 42 stress swing adsorption vegetation to supply sufficient oxygen for COVID hospitals and to obtain oxygen tanks of 10 kilolitres (KL) capability for instructing hospitals and 1 KL tanks for different hospitals.
Officials knowledgeable the Chief Minister that there have been 35,644 beds in 422 COVID hospitals (private and non-private), of which 21,590 had been occupied. About 79,000 sufferers had been in residence isolation and one other 6,348 had been in Covid Care Centers. A complete of 14,862 sufferers are being handled on oxygen beds.
Vaccine scarcity
Mr Jagan mentioned vaccine scarcity is prone to be an issue until February 2022 because of the enormous mismatch between the inhabitants measurement and the manufacturing capacities, which simply began to be ramped up. “Vaccination seems to be the only remedy for COVID. But, since the entire gap cannot be immediately bridged, people should be extremely careful,” he suggested.
Mr. Jagan mentioned 52 crore vaccines had been required to provide two doses to 26 crore folks aged above 45 in a span of 4 weeks. The inhabitants in the 18-45 age group was 60 crore.
The current month-to-month vaccine manufacturing capability stood at seven crore (six crore Covishield and the remainder Covaxin). The first dose was thus far given to solely 12 crore folks in the nation and the second to 2.60 crore. Put collectively, the number of doses administered was almost 15 crore.
The Chief Minister mentioned whereas the Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech had been producing six crore and one crore vaccines respectively, corporations like Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories had been poised to carry out their merchandise quickly.
Even because the governments grapple with the mammoth activity of vaccination, folks ought to give precedence to sanitation and conserving themselves match and wholesome, he exhorted.
Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Health Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas, Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das, COVID command management centre Chairman K.S. Jawahar Reddy and Principal Secretary Anil Kumar Singhal had been current.
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