State Health Minister Naba Kishore Das on Friday discussed with Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in videoconferencing to find out ways and means to fight the coronavirus and provide proper treatment to the infected persons in the State.
Das urged the Centre to provide five lakh personal protective equipments (PPEs) to the doctors engaged in treatment of corona-infected persons. He also sought supply of other essential items like HCQ tablets (Hydroski Chloroquine), Vitamin C, A-95 masks, sanitisers, ventilators and testing kits on a priority basis.
Das also requested the Centre to provide all facilities for swab tests in all the medicals of the State.
In reply, Dr Harsh Vardhan said he would consider the proposals soon.
Besides, Das appealed to the Centre to give more financial assistance to the State as it has been confronting with repeated natural calamities.