Anticipating a surge in cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, a mock drill was conducted at the newly built PICU and others wards along with recently commissioned oxygen plants on Thursday in Garhwa district hospital.
There are two oxygen plants with capacity of 100 litres per minute and 500 litres per minute. There have also been some shortcomings during the mock drill, which will be rectified soon.
The Garhwa administration has readied 505 Covid-19 beds and has asked the doctors, paramedical staff and other health workers to remain alert while on duty.
Out of the total number of beds, 139 are oxygen-supported, 27 are ICU beds while 20 beds have been reserved for paediatric ICU cases. As many as 25 ventilators are also available, health officials said.
Besides, the health workers have been directed to inoculate between 8,000 and 10,000 people every day in a bid to ramp up the vaccination numbers. Civil Surgeon Kamlesh Kumar said: “All available health facilities in the district are being assessed to deal with any serious situation and upgrading as per the requirement. Those who are arriving from foreign countries are being placed in mandatory home quarantine for a week and are being put through RT-PCR tests.”
He added that oxygen plants have been readied in Sadar hospital.Kumar said they are also tracing those coming from other states as a precautionary measure to identify the infected, if any. A control room also started working in the district for vaccination drive.