Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that in view of increasing cases of corona infection, covid care centres will be set up in rural areas, where all arrangements will be made for patients. Chouhan arrived on Saturday to take stock of the 300-bed Covid Care Centre at the Eklavya Residential School campus at Budhni in Sehore district. Divisional Commissioner Kavindra Kiyawat, Kartikeya Singh Chouhan and senior officials including IG, DIG were present.
Chouhan said that this state-of-the-art Covid Care Centre will be started soon with 300 beds. In this, the process of recruitment of patients will be started soon by Rapid Response Team. He said that with the establishment of this temporary Covid Care Hospital, local patients will not have to go to other cities for treatment.
Chouhan visited Covid Hospital being built in Eklavya Residential Complex and discussed with ITC Company engineers and senior officials and got information through lay-out. ITC officials said that this hospital will be built in three phases. In the first phase, 144 beds will be ready by May 20, which will have oxygen. After this, the second and third phases will be ready in the next 15 days. Chouhan directed to ensure quality of work of Covid Hospital and to provide all necessary arrangements and basic facilities like fire safety, water etc. on time. He also instructed to construct toilets near Covid Hospital, so that the admitted patients would not have any problem.
Earlier, Chief Minister Chouhan also reached Covid Care Centre in Eklavya Residential Complex and spoke to the admitted patients. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that along with all the medical facilities, other facilities should also be provided for the proper treatment of the admitted patients. He instructed the physicians that the Covid Centre should be provided the state-of-the-art resources, so that patients can get better treatment facilities during the course of treatment.
During the inspection, Chouhan spoke to the patients Priyanka, Rajesh, Deepak, Rudra and Shivam admitted to the Covid Care Centre in Eklavya Residential Complex through video calls and learnt about their well-being and wished them well for their speedy recovery.