In view of the increasing number of corona cases, North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash on Tuesday inspected the facilities at Hindu Rao Hospital and said that 20 beds in ‘Intensive Care Unit’ (ICU) are reserved for patients infected with coronavirus.
Mayor said that 20 ICU beds have been arranged separately for the corona patients at Hind Rao Hospital.
“The number of beds will be further increased if needed. The Corporation is always ready to serve the citizens but the Delhi Government should also extend help by paying due towards the corporation,” he said.
The Centre on Sunday announced a slew of steps including making available 300 additional ICU beds, double the number of daily PCR tests and a house-to-house survey in the entire national Capital.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also said some of the hospitals under the municipal corporations of Delhi will be converted into dedicated Covid hospitals. Doctors and paramedics of paramilitary forces will be flown in to be deployed in the national Capital to deal with the shortage of manpower.
Meanwhile, the mayor also launched a green initiative - “ Geela Kuda Lao Khad Le Jao ”in Karol Bagh Zone on Tuesday with an aim to reduce pollution and segregation of waste at source. He said that more such compost plants will come in near future in North DMC areas. “Efforts are being made through door to door campaigns and meetings with RWAs of the areas for segregating waste at home. The manure generated by this compost plant would be given to the RWAs of model wards. For every 5 kg of biodegradable green waste, 1 kg compost manure would be
provided.
Deputy Commissioner of Karol Zone Himanshu Gupta said that out of total 13 wards in this zone, four are model wards in which segregation work has been started and 16 compost pits have been prepared. “All efforts are being made to segregate the waste at home itself. The wet waste will come directly to the compost pits and this plant while the dry waste will go to Bhalaswa landfill site,” he added.