As part of the scheduled review of arrangements made to combat the coronavirus, Development Commissioner Suresh Mohapatra and 5T Secretary VK Pandian on Thursday visited the COVID-19 HospitalS in Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur districts.
They first flew to Malkangiri, where they visited the District Headquarter Hospital that has been recently upgraded to a full-fledged COVID-19 Hospital. They oversaw the necessary arrangements at the hospital.
Then, during their visit to the Jeypore COVID-19 Hospital in Koraput, the two officials met district Collector Madhusudan Mishra, who informed them that out 353 samples collected in the district, 168 cases turned out negative so far while reports of rest are yet to come.
The officials then visited the standalone COVID-19 Hospital at Nabarangpur, The hospital with 200 beds is being operated from the Government BEd College and being is managed by the Christian Hospital and the district administration with financial support from the Nalco.