Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar Pathak directed the private hospital management to reserve 50 per cent beds in private hospitals for treatment of Covid-19 patients.
Pathak held a meeting on Tuesday with the hospitals' management and instructed to reserve 50 per cent seats in their hospitals for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
He said, "All the hospitals will be required to follow the guideline of Covid-ward. It should be ensured that all the basic facilities are available there for the treatment of the infected. It should be kept in mind that Covid-19 will be a separate ward, where there will be separate entry and exit gates and the private hospital operators will ensure to inform the District Administration and Health Department before discharging Covid-19 patients."
In the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner also took information from private hospital operators about the number of beds and basic facilities located in their hospital. Also, all necessary information related to the hospital from the hospital operators / managers, such as hospital name, location, doctor's name, total number of beds in the hospital, number of beds reserved for Kovid-19, availability of ventilator facilities So that a plan can be prepared for the treatment of patients infected with Kovid-19 in the district with a plan as per the requirement.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the number of patients infected with Covid-19 is increasing rapidly, in such a situation, the support of private hospital operators is expected in this hour. "With the joint cooperation of the District Administration, Health Department and all of you, together we can all overcome the moment of crisis. He asked private hospital operators to feel free to contact the district administration and health department if any kind of requirement, as well as the guidelines issued by the government to the residents of the district," he added.