Amidst the consistent rise in Coronavirus positive cases day-by-day in the district, the evening OPD services at Bokaro General Hospital (BGH) has been closed from Monday.
BGH is run and managed by Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is designated for COVID-19 patients in the district, now has around 70 active cases.
The BSL management has decided to close the evening OPD services at the BGH till further notice, though the emergency services will be continued as earlier, said the official. “There is also a manpower crisis, following after few doctors and medical staff of BGH were tested positive for COVID-19,” official sources said.
Meanwhile, to meet any emergency like the situation the BGH management is also in contact with the doctors and medical staff of the other units of SAIL including IISCO-Burnpur, Rourkela, Kirubiru and Durgapur steel plant’s hospitals, he informed.
Last night three new COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the district. Until now, the total number of infected people in Bokaro has risen to 82 in Bokaro out of which two died in Bokaro, informed AK Pathak Civil Surgeon Bokaro.
“All of them were admitted to COVID hospital,” he added.
Exercising the powers conferred under sub-section 34 (B & C) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Deputy Commissioner issued orders to lock the respective areas (Bansidih Ward No. 27, Jagdamba Mandir Ward No. 19, Raj Laxmi Tower and Sector 1/C) and declared as Containment Zone, said an official.
Bokaro DC Rajesh Kumar Singh issued the order to his officials to intensify the Sanitization work marking the area as Containment zone, considering the residence of the infected patient as the centre for the spread, to prevent Coronavirus spread, he informed.