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GHAZIABAD: To deal with the oxygen requirement of Covid-19 patients in home isolation, the district administration has urged the residents’ bodies to arrange for cylinders collectively and provide them for refilling, instead of running to refilling centres individually. Officials said they would get them refilled and return to RWAs within 36-48 hours. In many cases, the kin of patients are not getting oxygen on time.
State-appointed nodal officer Senthil Pandian C, who held a meeting in this regard on Monday, said a collection and distribution point would be created in each of the five zones for this purpose, where RWAs can deposit their oxygen cylinders for refilling.
Ghaziabad: Amidst mounting pressure to provide beds to critical patients, the Ghaziabad administration and the health department on Monday conducted an audit of patients admitted in hospitals and decided to send home those who are not serious.
At present, Ghaziabad has 3,072 beds across 44 Covid hospitals. Out of them, a total of 2,612 beds are occupied while the remaining 460 beds are isolation beds that is, they are not equipped with oxygen, ventilator or ICU facilities.
“As a part of our effort to ramp up facilities, we are targeting 460 vacant beds equipped with oxygen,” said Krishna Karunesh, vice-chairperson, Ghaziabad Development Authority. Karunesh was given the additional responsibility of the district magistrate after Ajay Shankar Pandey contracted Covid.
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Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and his wife have tested positive for coronavirus, and are in home-isolation, an official said on Sunday.
Gaurav Singh, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Pandey, said the district magistrate had been experiencing symptoms of the disease since Saturday. Singh said the samples of the district magistrate and his wife Seema Pandey were tested on Saturday, and they returned positive.
They have quarantined themselves at their home, he said.
Ghaziabad Development Authority s vice-chairperson Krishna Karunesh would work as officiating district magistrate till Pandey returns, he said.
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