Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Senior Doctors must visit the Covid Hospitals daily and ensure better treatment to the patients. Stringent action will be taken even against slightest negligence and lapse in treatment.

Hamidia Hospital should be the ideal hospital but it is unfortunate that the mortality rate is high there. Chouhan instructed ACS Health to give him daily report of treatment in Hamidia hospital.

Besides, Chouhan mentioned that now E-pass is not required for movement within the state. E-pass can be obtained for travelling outside the State. The Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains informed that these e-passes will be auto-generated. The Chief Minister was reviewing the status of Corona in the State and other arrangements through video conferencing at Mantralaya on Saturday.

The Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, DGP Vivek Johri, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman, Principal Secretary SN Mishra, Principal Secretary Medical Education Shri Sanjay Shukla and other Officers were present on the occasion.

During the review of Sagar district, Chouhan asked that Why the patients were referred elsewhere despite of having all the facilities in Medical College of Sagar? He directed the ACS Health to improve the arrangements at Sagar Medical college. It is not good to refer patients elsewhere, he asserted.

During the review of Burhanpur district, it was informed that the recovery rate is quite good at 67 per cent. Out of 297 positive cases, 200 patients have recovered and went back home. The number of currently active cases in Burhanpur is 82.

Fever clinics are also functioning well in the district and health checkup of more than 5 thousand people have been conducted there. Chouhan appreciated the arrangements in the district and said that they should continue to work with utmost care, even a small negligence may prove fatal.

In context to the spread of infection in CHL Apollo Hospital, Chouhan said that the spread of infection in the hospital is gross negligence; notice should be served to the hospital. Keeping in view the increase in number of Covid patients in Neemuch district, Shri Chouhan directed that a special attention should be paid to Neemuch district.

Survey should be expanded, contact tracing should be done and testing should be increased. It was informed that the recovery rate of Neemuch district is 40 per cent.

The ACS Health Suleman informed that 59 hospitals of the state have already been empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana and now patients will get facility of medical treatment in these hospitals under the scheme.