To assess the Covid spread and to take stock of the ground situation in bordering districts, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra along with Health and Family Welfare Additional Chief Secretary Pradeepta Kumar Mohapatra visited Kalahandi district on Saturday.
The high-level team visited district Covid hospital and looked into the treatment facility, availability of medicines, beds, ICUs and other facilities there. Then after Chief Secretary Mohapatra reviewed preparedness of the district with District Collector Gavili Parag Harshad and Officials for containing spread of the second surge of Covid; and gave necessary directions for enforcement of Covid appropriate behavior, increasing the RTPCR test, reactivating Covid Care Centres, minimum seven days isolation of the people coming from outside States, etc.
The CS also assessed the available infrastructure and resources in the district. He assured the district administration to provide specialist Doctors and Life Support ambulance to the district.
The delegation included Health Director Dr Bijoya Mohaptra and DMET Dr CBK Mohanty. The meeting was attended by Supreitendent of Police Sravan Bibek,CDMO Dr Pratap Behera, Public Health Officer Rakesh Sahu.