In view of the increasing infection of COVID-19, the Ranchi District Administration is busy in improving the preparations. In this sequence, on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner (DC), Chhavi Ranjan took stock of Sadar Hospital. Taking stock of the parking, beds, oxygen supply and other arrangements, the Deputy Commissioner gave necessary directions to the concerned officials.
During this, Ranchi Deputy Development Commissioner (DDC), Vishal Sagar, Civil Surgeon, Dr Vinod Kumar and other concerned officials were present.
Ranjan expressed displeasure over the arrangement of parking in Sadar Hospital, he reprimanded the Junior Engineer for space wastage and ordered to rectify the system as soon as possible. He said that levelling work should be done at the earliest, wherever necessary, from the main gate of Sadar Hospital to admission inside the hospital, to ensure that patients do not face any kind of difficulty due to random parking.
The DC inspected all the floors of Sadar Hospital and took stock of the arrangements made for the treatment of COVID patients and gave necessary directions to the Civil Surgeon.
Ranjan directed the Civil Surgeon to increase the number of beds in the hospital. He said that the number of beds should be increased in the floor where there is a possibility. He asked the Civil Surgeon to immediately shift him to the concerned ward in view of the condition of the COVID-19 infected patient and try to ensure that adequate beds are available in the ICU at all times so that the critically infected patient can get immediate medical attention.
During the inspection of Sadar Hospital, Ranjan instructed the Civil Surgeon to depute staff as per the requirement. He said that keep your preparations according to the worst situation, ensure that there is no shortage of manpower in any phase of the transition.
The arrangement of pipeline and oxygen supply in various floors of the hospital was also inspected by the DC; in this regard also he gave necessary directions to the Civil Surgeon.
Ranjan said that every effort is being made by the district administration for better arrangements for the treatment of Covid-infected patients in Sadar Hospital. We hope that this time the system will be better than last time, everyone's cooperation is also needed in maintaining the system, he added.
The DC said that apart from Sadar Hospital, arrangements are being made for treatment of COVID-19 in Bundu Sub-Divisional Hospital, CHC Ormanjhi and Resaldar.