Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain inspected the ongoing construction work of new Covid wards at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital. These wards will be equipped with more than 100 ‘oxygen beds’ and the work will be completed by October 15.
Jain said that these wards at the LNJP Hospital will be equipped with all necessary Covid-19 related medical facilities like oxygen beds, ventilators and ICUs.
After witnessing a surge in October 2020, the Capital reported a deadly winter surge in the Coronavirus cases with a daily caseload of more than 5,000. The Kejriwal Government is ramping up the capacity of all its Government hospitals to ensure that an enhanced effective response is built against the Covid-19 virus.
A panel set up by the National Institute of Disaster Management has recently submitted a report to the Central Government predicting the onset of the third wave in mid-October. The Delhi Government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the national Capital is fully prepared to battle the third wave of Covid-19 in Delhi.
The Health Minister also highlighted the efforts being made to enhance the health infrastructure in the national Capital against the potential outbreak of the third wave of Covid-19.
He further said, “We are closely monitoring the situation in Delhi and all the necessary lessons are taken from previous Covid-19 waves to form appropriate policies in the public interest.”
Jain had on Wednesday also visited the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital to inaugurate the ‘Covid-19 Rapid Response Centre’ dedicated to the people of Delhi. The newly built 30 bedded facility is designed to act as a buffer zone for treating patients immediately upon arrival to the hospital, omitting the long wait for admission. The Delhi Government has been working on a war footing to increase the bed capacity and improve the quality of the services offered at its Government hospitals.