N Manjunatha Prasad, principal secretary, revenue department, said: “The plan is to reach all citizens, especially vulnerable communities that do not have access to health care and/or information to avail healthcare services in coordination with ward committees.”
He said ward-level community triage has been successful in many cities, including Mumbai. “Currently, there is a delay in informing test results to the patient due to the centralised ICMR process followed by BU (Bengaluru Urban) number generation process,” he added.
“Now, there is a 12-hour delay from identification to admission due to inefficient mechanisms. The goal is to ensure that bed turnaround time is reduced. This is done by ensuring that no person with mild symptoms is admitted to hospital, a severely ill persons is discharged within ten days and a person with moderate illness is shifted to CCCs within five days,” he said.
Against the backdrop of distressing reports of shortage of oxygen and beds across the state, which is reeling under an alarming surge in new Covid-19 cases, the Ballari district administration has constituted a dedicated team to streamline the supply and distribution of oxygen. The team has also been tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that all Covid-19 patients are provided beds.
BALLARI: Against the backdrop of distressing reports of shortage of oxygen and beds across the state, which is reeling under an alarming surge in new Covid-19 cases, the Ballari district administration has constituted a dedicated team to streamline the supply and distribution of oxygen. The team has also been tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that all Covid-19 patients are provided beds.
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BENGALURU: At a time when the Centre has asked states to ban production of oxygen for industrial use and enhance production of medical oxygen, Karnataka could face scarcity as oxygen produced in the state is being exported to other states.
On Monday, the Union government held a video conference with chief secretaries and heads of industries departments in all states to bring them up to date on the Centre’s directives with regard to medical oxygen.
At the meeting, Karnataka was told it will be allocated 300 tonnes of oxygen from the national pool, although seven companies in the state have the capacity to produce as much as 812 tonnes of oxygen. The allocation sent the state government into a tizzy as daily consumption in the state has shot up to 305 tonnes as of Monday.
Picture used for representational purpose only
BENGALURU: At a time when the Centre has asked states to ban production of oxygen for industrial use and enhance production of medical oxygen, Karnataka could face scarcity as oxygen produced in the state is being exported to other states.
On Monday, the Union government held a video conference with chief secretaries and heads of industries departments in all states to bring them up to date on the Centre’s directives with regard to medical oxygen.
At the meeting, Karnataka was told it will be allocated 300 tonnes of oxygen from the national pool, although seven companies in the state have the capacity to produce as much as 812 tonnes of oxygen. The allocation sent the state government into a tizzy as daily consumption in the state has shot up to 305 tonnes as of Monday.