Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate Manjunath Bhajantri inspected the Maa Lalitha hospital and reviewed the situation by inspecting various preparations and arrangements made for the convenience of Covid-infected patients on Sunday.
During his visit, the Deputy Commissioner gave necessary and appropriate guidelines to the concerned authorities regarding security arrangements, while fully ensuring arrangements to increase beds on the upper floor of the hospital as per the requirement and also with the aim of providing better health facilities to the critical patients referred from the new and old Sadar Hospital.
Apart from this, all the arrangements needed to prevent Corona infection have been set up here with the resources already in the hospital. The Deputy Commissioner informed that trained doctors and health workers have been deputed here for the treatment of infected patients. In addition to 50 oxygen supported beds, ICU facility, isolation ward, ICU monitor, ventilator facilities have been set up in the hospital at the present time to treat Covid patients.
In the course of inspection, Bhajantri has directed the Civil Surgeon and the senior officials that for the prevention of Corona virus, treatment for infected persons, sanitation system including the availability of treatment, investigation, beds, maintenance and other basic facilities, etc. and be well maintained, so that the infected patients present here can be provided with better health care.
Apart from this, the Deputy Commissioner directed the concerned authorities to complete all necessary preparations to deal with any adverse situation, so that the number of isolation centers and wards can be increased if needed.
He also lauded the hospital's director Shambhu Sharma, saying that while discharging his responsibility towards the district residents, he has set the example of human service. In such a situation, the rich people will be requested to cooperate with the district administration in the event of a disaster, so that this calamity can be fought together. The technician will also be deputed to Maa Lalitha Hospital soon to operate the same ventilator.
In addition to the above, Deputy Development Commissioner Sanjay Sinha, Civil Surgeon Yugal Kishore Chowdhary, Sub-Divisional Officer Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Disaster Management Officer Rajeev Ranjan, District Public Relations Officer Ravi Kumar, District Majrat Deputy Collector, Parmeshwar Munda, Confidential In-charge Vivek Kumar Mehta, team of doctors and health workers, Dr. Vibhu, Assistant Public Relations Officer Rohit Kumar Vidyarthi and officials and personnel of the concerned department, etc. were present.