Negligence in COVID treatment will not be tolerated, Collector warns hospital superintendents
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‘Recruit required number of staff nurses in the chest and ENT hospitals’
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District Collector V. Vinay Chand inspecting the functioning and capacity of the new oxygen generation plant at King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
‘Recruit required number of staff nurses in the chest and ENT hospitals’
District Collector V. Vinay Chand warned that negligence in COVID-19 treatment will not be tolerated. Doctors and other staff of the hospital should be available at the wards and constantly monitor the health condition of the patients. He was speaking during a review meet organised at the Collectorate with the superintendents of various hospitals and other health staff.
‘Prepare plans for setting up of plants at various areas’
District Collector V. Vinay Chand has directed the official concerned to ensure that the oxygen storage points are near the hospitals.
The Collector reviewed the oxygen supply issues, COVID-19 admissions and conduct of tests at a review meeting through teleconference from the Collectorate on Tuesday.
He directed the General Manager of the District Industries Centre (DIC) Ramalinga Raju to ensure that the storage points were close to the hospitals.
He said that the Central government has sought proposals for the setting up of oxygen plants and directed the Andhra Pradesh Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation (APMSIDC) Executive Engineer D.A. Naidu to prepare the proposals for setting up of oxygen plants near the CSR Block of KGH, VIMS, Chest Hospital, Anakapalle Area Hospital and at Narsipatnam, Araku, Paderu and at Gayatri, GITAM and NRI Medical Colleges.
Increase bed capacity in chest hospital to 300, Collector tells officials
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‘Provide healthy food to COVID patients’
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‘Provide healthy food to COVID patients’
District Collector V. Vinay Chand has instructed the officials to increase the bed capacity from 288 to 300 at the Government Hospital for Chest and Communicable Diseases. He inspected several government hospitals, including GHCCD, ENT and Regional Eye hospital, here on Friday. Mr. Vinay Chand asked the officials to have an ambulance positioned at the hospitals and also procure PPE kits and masks as per the requirement. The Collector also insisted the officials to provide healthy food to the COVID-19 patients according to the guidelines. He later checked the vaccine storage room at the Government Hospital for Mental Care (GHMC) and asked the officials to complete the works of the building at the earliest. Andhra Medical College Principal P.V. Sudhakar and a few others were present.