To augment hospital infrastructure for management of severe cases of coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry has advised all central ministries to ask hospitals under their control or PSUs to set-up dedicated hospital wards or separate blocks within hospitals for COVID care. The central ministries have also been advised that details of such dedicated hospital wards or blocks be provided to the public. The move comes as India battles a massive surge in coronavirus cases. In a letter to the ministries, the Union Health Secretary has said that the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country calls for similar supportive action as last year from all such central ministries or departments and their PSUs and hospitals under their control.
Set up dedicated wards for Covid-19: Health Ministry tells central ministries, PSUs
The Union Health Ministry has advised all central ministries to ask hospitals under their control or PSUs to set up dedicated hospital wards or separate blocks within hospitals for Covid care.
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UPDATED: April 16, 2021 15:43 IST
Medics attending to a Covid-19 patient at a Covid-19 centre in Delhi on Tuesday (Photo: PTI)
To augment hospital infrastructure for management of severe cases of coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry has advised all central ministries to ask hospitals under their control or PSUs to set up dedicated hospital wards or separate blocks within hospitals for Covid care.
The ministry stated that this has been done as a significant measure to substantially augment the hospital infrastructure for effective clinical management of severe COVID-19 patients across the count
Health Ministry asks PSUs to dedicate hospital beds for COVID-19 management
In a letter to the ministries, the Union Health Secretary has said that the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country calls for similar supportive action as last year from all such central ministries or departments and their PSUs and hospitals under their control
PTI | April 16, 2021 | Updated 15:18 IST
To augment hospital infrastructure for management of severe cases of coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry has advised all central ministries to ask hospitals under their control or PSUs to set-up dedicated hospital wards or separate blocks within hospitals for COVID care.
Center asks Chhattisgarh, UP to increase number of ICU beds, ambulances
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States were asked to increase the number of oxygen and ventilator / ICU beds and ambulance fleets.
New Delhi:
The Center has advised Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh to reduce the mortality rate by isolation, increase in the number of oxygen and ICU beds, increase in ambulance fleet and early detection of COVID-19 cases and adherence to the National Treatment Protocol.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhel, who chaired high-level meetings with Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to review the status of COVID-19 in Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, made unnecessary travel to public places through strict and effective enforcement. And insisted on stopping the crowd.