With the rise in Covid cases in Steel City the Bokaro Deputy Commissioner (DC), Kuldeep Chaudhary has directed all government as well private hospitals management across the district to retain 40 per cent of their beds for Covid infected patients. In the meeting with hospital operators, DC said that the new variant of coronavirus— Omicron, is rapidly spreading its wings. “We need to be more caution the administration is ready to deal with any adverse situation,” added DC. All private hospitals also have an important role in fighting against this pandemic, said DC. He also inquired about the oxygen-supported beds, cylinders, staff, concentrators, ICU beds, ventilators, and others available in the hospitals.
The meeting also covered the availability of antigen test kits and RTPCR kits for the Covid test. In a bid to ensure that the sample test kit is available at all hospitals, the Deputy Commissioner asked the hospital management to work with the Civil Surgeon.
The Deputy Commissioner asked all the hospital management to coordinate with the Civil Surgeon to ensure that the sample test kit is available at hospitals. The DC reviewed the ongoing sample testing and vaccination programs.
Beside others, Anil Kumar, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Chas, Sadat Anwar, Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Civil Surgeon Bokaro, District Transport Officer Sanjeev Kumar, District Malaria Officer Dr. BP Gupta, Officer on Special Duty Vivek Suman and District Public Relations Officer Rahul Bharti were present there.