Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed officials to create more Covid facilities and to increase the strength of oxygen beds across Delhi.
The Chief Minister also directed the officials to ensure real-time availability of beds of the Delhi Corona app and that the information on the number of beds is exact.
The direction came after a meeting convened by the Chief Minister to review a meeting on Friday on the situation of coronavirus in Delhi. Several steps taken by the Delhi Government to improve the health infrastructure of Delhi were discussed, along with increasing the bed capacity and several other infrastructural requirements in Delhi.
Kejriwal said that there should be multiple assistance numbers in the hospitals and nodal persons should be appointed at every helpline number so that no urgent calls should be missed or turned down. He also said that the health teams must reach out to every patient in home isolation and provide oximeters, the general public should receive every help while they are in home isolation.
Deputy chief minister and nodal minister Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendar Jain, Additional Chief Secretary, and Health Secretary were also present in the meeting along with health officials.
Kejriwal further said that the focus of the Delhi government is towards increasing the bed capacity, which will ensure adequate treatment for the people who require urgent assistance.
In the meeting, bed management was discussed in detail. CM directed the officials to create more COVID facilities and to increase the strength of oxygen beds across Delhi.
“The bed availability on the Delhi Corona app should be updated regularly. All the hospitals must be directed to ensure an adequate flow of information on the real-time availability of beds,” he said.
The chief minister told the officials to ensure that this data is updated every day and the information should be exact.
“All the helpline numbers of the hospitals, which are also mentioned on the Delhi Corona app should remain fully functional. The hospitals must be directed to make people available 24x7 for providing assistance through the helpline numbers," he said.