BHOPAL: 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.
Chouhan said that the facilities of beds,
oxygen
, injections, medicines 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.
He was reviewing the situation and arrangements of Corona in the state from his residence on Saturday through video conferencing.
Chief minister 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.
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.
There are 63,889 active cases of Corona in the state. As many as 11,269 new cases of Corona have come up. The pace of spread of Corona infection has slowed down in the state. 68% of active cases are in home isolation and 32% in hospitals, he said.
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.
He 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.
Chief minister also 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 a Corona test done.
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.
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, 44,999 patients are in home isolation in the state.
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