Amidst growing resentment over Covid-19 management, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy visited Baleswar on Friday along with a team of other senior officials, including Additional CS PK Mohapatra, District Covid Observer Madhusudan Padhi and DMET Director Dr CBK Mohanty.
The Chief Secretary expressed happiness saying that Covid-19 management in the district has been satisfactory and the mortality rate kept limited within 0.3% which is lower than many other districts.Keeping in view the possibility of a future need, Padhi directed to set up another 100-bed Covid hospital in an isolated place inside the District Headquarters Hospital.
The hospital with ICU and OT facilitates for Covid patients would be set up shortly with Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Besides, four new ICUs would be set up in the existing Jyoti Covid hospital here. Padhi directed the Collector and the SP to create create awareness on Covid precations. He stressed on 24x7 ambulance services.
Among others, distirct Collector K Sudharshan Chakravarthy, FM Medical College Dean Ramchandra Giri and CDMO Dulalsen Jagdeo were present.