Work up health infra, remove bottlenecks: LG to Health Dept

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal directed officials of the health department to  review the capacity building of medical infrastructure and remove bottlenecks immediately.

Baijal advised for monitoring of containment zones on dynamic basis for focused action. He instructed concerned authorities to strictly follow guidelines of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) regarding home quarantine and discharge policy etc.

L-G also advised to inform people regularly through IEC activities for confidence building. He also stressed on IEC and surveillance measures to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Lieutenant Governor that trend of last 10-15 days should be analysed for future management.

Baijal held a meeting to review situation of Covid-19 in Delhi with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Health Minister, Commissioner of Police and other senior officers.

At the outset, Secretary (Health) presented situational analysis of Covid-19 in Delhi, where it was informed that up to 25th May there are total 14,053 confirmed cases in Delhi out of which 6771 patients were recovered/ discharged/migrated.  It was further informed that Case Fatality Rate in Delhi is 1.96per cent in comparison to the national average of 2.57per cent.

Baijal was also informed about status of lab reporting (As per ICMR portal). It was apprised that as on 25th May total 34 Labs are functional for Covid-19 test, total cumulative test done till dates are 174469 and positivity rate as on 25th May is 8.06 per cent

About Covid-19 logistics it was informed that adequate supply of medical essentials has been ensured and more ventilators are being procured. Baijal was also informed about the status of dedicated Covid-19 hospitals and availability of beds in Delhi.

At present 4462 beds, 429 ICU, 343 ventilators and 2632 oxygen supported beds are available in the Covid-19 hospitals, 19 covid care centres (CCC) are functional in Delhi with capacity of 5716.

Health department had ordered 30,000 PPE kits (50,000 PPE in stock), 3.5 lakh N95 masks, 28 ventilators and 435 oxygen concentrator.

Secretary (Health) informed about the recent steps taken by Health Department to contain Covid-19 which includes augmenting bed capacity by 25% in private hospitals with more than 50 beds, 20% bed capacity earmarked for Covid in these private hospitals, purchase of oxygen concentrators, contacting the Covid Positive patients on the same day of the result, daily health monitoring of the Home Isolated Covid Positive patients and augmenting the isolation beds in Covid Care Centre.

During the meeting it was decided to provide real time information about availability of Covid-19 beds in hospital in public domain.

Baijal also urged people to use Arogya Setu Mobile App for prevention and contact tracing and keep themselves safe from Covid-19.