The number of beds for covid patients in all Government and private hospitals of Gurugram will be increased by 800.
This decision was taken by the district administration at a meeting of nodal officers held in Gurugram headed by Additional Chief Secretary of the Government of Haryana, TC Gupta on Monday.
Gupta informed during the meeting that there will be no shortage of beds in hospitals for Covid patients of Gurugram district.
Gupta stressed in the meeting that to ensure availability of beds for Covid patients in the city's hospital and said that the data related to it should be updated on the portal 'http://covidggn.com/' so that people can know in which hospital how many beds are reserved for Covid patients and How many of them are full.
"This will enable the treatment of the patient to start soon and he will be able to get necessary medical facilities without delay, Gupta said.
The Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram, Dr. Yash Garg, who was also present in the meeting said that for every hospital, a senior officer duty has been appointed, who look at the health chart of every patient admitted on the bed containing ICU, ventilator and oxygen in that hospital and find out that he whether or not that category of bad is actually needed.
Gupta informed that there is no shortage of oxygen in Haryana. The state is producing 272 metric tonnes of oxygen and now the consumption in the state is around 60 metric tonnes even during the covid peak time.
During a review of arrangements made for covid patients in Gurugram, TC Gupta was told that for the convenience of Covid-19 patients, helpline number 1950 is being run by the district administration, which is being managed by Additional Deputy Commissioner, Prashant Panwar.
Panwar informed that 20 lines of this helpline number are running for 24 hours, on which duty of 60 operators has been appointed in three shifts.