To ensure a safe environment for patients, doctors and staff in all hospitals and medical colleges in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the officials to effectively implement fire safety and electrical safety mechanisms at all places.
While chairing a high-level review meeting with senior officials on Friday, the chief minister asked them to conduct a detailed physical review of fire safety and electrical safety mechanisms at all the hospitals and medical colleges. He said wherever required, the system should be updated to avoid any kind of mishappenings.
Furthermore, Yogi Adityanath also instructed that regular cleanliness drives should also be carried out in all the hospitals and medical colleges to maintain hygiene.
“Patients in the emergency wards must get the best facilities. In case of shortage of manpower, all the vacant posts should be filled at the earliest and old dilapidated ambulances should be replaced with new ones.” he said.
The Integrated Command Control Centres (ICCCs), which contributed significantly towards COVID-19 management, have also been asked to remain functional 24x7.
Strengthening its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government is providing vaccination cover to all children between 12 to 17 years of age in a time-bound manner. So far, over 2,06,00,963 children in the age group of 15-17 and over 11,67,770 children in the age group of 12-14 have been administered Covid vaccine doses in the state.
In the age category of 15-17, over 93.20 per cent of the teenagers have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine.
Committed to providing additional protection cover to the priority group, Uttar Pradesh started administering booster shots (precaution dose) to the frontline and healthcare workers as well as senior citizens from January 10. Over 24.34 lakh ‘precaution doses’ have been administered in the state so far.
Leading India’s vaccination drive, Uttar Pradesh has so far administered over 30.06 crore doses of the Covid vaccine.