Rajasthan: Day care facility in all Covid dedicated hospitals, says health minister Raghu Sharma

JAIPUR: Medical and health minister Raghu Sharma said that patients will not be denied treatment in any state-run Covid dedicated hospitals in the state and initial treatment has to be provided to them compulsorily. He has also directed to ensure day care facility for the convenience of patients in all the government dedicated Covid hospitals of the capital.
Sharma along with transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas inspected ESI Hospital, Chest and TB Hospital on Friday evening and gave necessary directions.Khachariyawas has provided 20 oxygen concentrators to ESI Hospital and 20 to TB Hospital with the help of donors on the occasion.
The medical minister said that the state government gave top priority to strengthen the infrastructure of the medical institutions of the state keeping in view the possible third wave of Covid as per the direction of chief minister Ashok Gehlot.
He informed that he will visit other more infected districts of the state including the capital and inspect the infrastructure of medical institutions and all deficiencies will be removed as far as possible. This has been started from ESI and TB Hospitals.
Sharma said that ESI Hospital has 300 beds. Additional medical personnel from nearby medical institutions have been deployed in this hospital for the treatment of Covid patients. He reviewed in detail about the equipment availability of the hospital and the availability of medical staff and gave necessary instructions to Dr Sudhir Bhandari, principal of SMS Medical College, on the spot.
The medical minister also instructed Dr Ravi Sharma, the doctor in charge of ESI Hospital, to ensure the initial treatment of all the patients coming to the hospital and to provide oxygen facilities as required. He informed that initially 20 oxygen concentrators have been made available to the hospital on Friday. He assured that oxygen cylinders and other essential medicines will be provided in the hospital as per the requirement. He directed to start day-care system immediately in the hospital.