Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the ministers should keep an eye on the health infrastructure in the districts. Keep taking stock of the necessary arrangements in the hospitals. Vaccination work is satisfactory, but it has to be done cent per cent. No person should miss a vaccine dose.
Keeping an eye on the situation of infection in the third wave of Covid, economic activities should be conducted with full precautions. The works and livelihoods of the poor should not be affected, everyone should adopt precautions of wearing masks and keeping mutual distance. Ministers should play a leadership role with public cooperation in the control of Covid as done in both the earlier waves. Chouhan was addressing the ministers before the meeting of the Council of Ministers at Mantralaya on Tuesday.
The Chief Minister said that the ministers should continue to take stock of the works and infrastructural arrangements for prevention, treatment and management of corona. Ministers and other public representatives should also keep an eye on the home isolation system. It should be ensured that the health information of infected patients is taken daily by the doctors over the phone.
Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh is in the category of big states, having successful control of Covid. In other states where the positivity is above 10, in the country it is 14.75, while in Madhya Pradesh it is only 7 percent. The state has given the first dose of vaccine to 97 percent and the second dose to 90.6. Despite this, we do not have to be careless, we together have to take full care of and ensure treatment of the citizens who have been infected. Their morale is also to be boosted. Using the model of people-participation of Covid control of Madhya Pradesh, work is being done to bring the common people out of the problem even in the present conditions. Everyone's cooperation in this work will lead to success.
Additional Chief Secretary Mohd. Suleman informed that only 2.2 percent positive patients in the state are admitted in hospitals. The rest are taking advantage of home isolation. Infected citizens are getting the guidance of doctors in Covid Care Centres and homes. Regular communication is also being done with the citizens living in home isolation.
The meeting of the Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Chouhan began with the mass singing of the national song Vande Mataram in the Mantralaya hall on Tuesday. Chouhan gave instructions on various points and expressed expectation from the ministers.
After the departmental review meetings, work should be done by taking the priorities in the road map of the department.
Keep in mind the priority points in the budget also. Implementation of plans should be taken seriously.
" Ministers should review the schemes regularly.
" Work should be done at the department level on the issues of Varanasi Conclave. Issues related to the department should be included in the priorities.
" If necessary, re-packaging of flagship schemes should be done. Keep trying for improvement and better implementation.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan urged all political parties, religious leaders, social organizations and members of Crisis Management Group at every level to cooperate in the vaccination work.
Herculean task and Public Safety
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that while Prime Minister Shri Modi took the lead for Corona control, our health workers, ASHA and Anganwadi workers worked tirelessly by crossing fields, barns, hills, river ponds and vaccinating and saving the lives of citizens. All of them deserve praise. Our country cannot forget their services. Along with this, members of Crisis Management Group, religious leaders, members of political parties have ensured public participation in 11 campaigns conducted in Madhya Pradesh. Vaccination ensures that the infection does not become fatal. Only 3 or 4 percent of the total positive cases are being admitted to the hospital.
CM Shri Chouhan’s appeal to citizens
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan appealed to the citizens to cooperate in getting the vaccine to those who are left out. Identify eligible people who have not been vaccinated at ward, panchayat level in door to door campaigns. This is a powerful means of protection. Adopt Covid appropriate behavior. The number of infected may increase in the third wave, so do not skip precautions such as use of face masks, avoiding crowds, maintaining social distance and washing hands frequently. It is also the duty of every citizen. Do follow the precautions that have been mentioned for home isolation as well. Covid care centers have started in the state. Oxygen plants are also functional. Despite these arrangements, attention has to be paid to all measures to prevent infection.