CM visits Gandhi, interacts with patients

Hyderabad: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao made a surprise visit to Gandhi Hospital, which is a designated Covid-19 hospital, on Wednesday afternoon to interact with patients and enquire about the treatment offered to them.

The CM spent almost one hour in the state-run hospital by going around wards and interacting with Covid-19 patients. He assured them that the government would provide them the best Covid-19 treatment. He went around ICU, emergency, out-patient and general wards where Covid-19 patients are being treated and spoke to them. Apart from asking about their well-being, the CM sought to know from the patients if they were getting proper treatment from the doctors.

He also inquired about quality of food served and other facilities offered to them. The CM quickly responded to some of the problems raised by the patients and gave instructions to medical officers to attend to them immediately. The CM was accompanied by finance minister T Harish Rao, who is now looking after the health portfolio, chief secretary Somesh Kumar and senior officials during his whirlwind visit.

Gandhi is the biggest hospital run by the government in the state with 1,200 beds, including 700 ICU beds, and also the nodal hospital treating Covid-19 patients ever since the pandemic broke out last year.

KCR also examined the oxygen plant being set up at the hospital and checked with hospital superintendent Dr M Raja Rao on its functioning. The plant is set up following the instructions of the CM to supply 2,000 litres of oxygen per minute to the patients. Recently, the government had decided to set up oxygen plants in all the 48 government hospitals in the state.

The CM spoke with senior doctors, contract nurses and junior doctors and complimented them for offering services to Covid-19 patients putting their own lives at risk. The CM said his government will resolve their grievances and advised young medicos to stand by the affected patients in these turbulent times.

“In these difficult times, you are doing a great job by serving the people. Continue these services. In case you have any problem or difficulty, please contact me directly. I will extend all cooperation to you,” the CM told the doctors. The CM also instructed the medical and health officials to send proposals to resolve the problems of junior doctors and nurses.

It may be recalled the chief minister and his son, municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao had tested positive for coronavirus last month and resumed duties recently.