Showing seriousness after growing cases of corona virus infection reported in the State, Health Minister Banna Gupta on Friday held a review meeting with officials of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in the State Capital to chalk out future strategy to prevent Coronavirus spread.
Apart from Gupta, Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni was also present in the meeting to discuss on several healths related issues.
Appreciating role of health workers in the battle against Corona virus spread, Gupta said that the health workers are doing their duty to save mankind which is highly appreciable. The Minister stressed that there should be maximum numbers of tests. He appealed to the youth of the State that they should come forward to donate blood so that there could not scarcity of blood.
“There is large number of complaints that a large number of private dialysis centers have been closed which is creating problem. The Health Secretary asked to look after the matter and made similar arrangement in this direction,” he added. The Health Minister said that the State Government is serious about health workers and several steps have been taken for their safety. He appealed to people that they should help the health workers in the battle.
Gupta said that special assistance has been sought from the Central Government in the field of health services. “The State Government is fully prepared to face every challenge of Corona-19 from its level. Everything needed including masks, sanitizers, PPT kits for doctors, kits for nurses, testing machines is being provided on a large scale,” he added.
Meanwhile, a big relief has been reported from Ranchi as a total of 53 people of Hindpiri, who came in contact with first Corona virus infected Malaysian woman, sent home after detected negative from Khelgaon Quarantine Center.
All these people were kept at the Quarantine Center in Khelgaon for the last 14 days. They were all quarantined after coming in contact with the first Corona-infected Malaysian woman from Ranchi. So far a total of 32 cases have been reported positive from the State during last 16 days. Hindpiri is identified as hotspot of the spot. The District Administration has taken several steps to prevent spread of infected cases. The Administration has sealed the entire area of Hindpiri.