CM reviews Covid situation in State

  • | Monday | 28th September, 2020

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted State-level review of the situation of corona in the State and the work being carried out in preventing infection. Chouhan said that corona recovery rate has become more than 80 percent in the State, but still continuous efforts are necessary. He also sought information about the period related to admission and discharge of patients after recovery from the Covid Care Centres in the districts. Minister for Medical Education Vishwas Sarang, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman and Principal Secretary to CM Manish Rastogi were also present at the meeting. The Chief Minister sought information through video conferencing about the medical facilities being given to patients under home isolation.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted State-level review of the situation of corona in the State and the work being carried out in preventing infection. Through video conferencing, he sought district-wise information from all the district collectors of the State and instructed them to make serious efforts in preventing corona infection. Chouhan said that corona recovery rate has become more than 80 percent in the State, but still continuous efforts are necessary. All collectors should ensure corona treatment arrangements in their respective districts, he added. Chouhan directed the officers to take special precautions in Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Shahdol, Umaria, Khargone and Dhar. A separate review of the situation in these districts was held in the meeting. He also sought information about the period related to admission and discharge of patients after recovery from the Covid Care Centres in the districts. He instructed the collectors to constantly monitor the work of the Fever Clinics. Minister for Medical Education Vishwas Sarang, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman and Principal Secretary to CM Manish Rastogi were also present at the meeting. The Chief Minister sought information through video conferencing about the medical facilities being given to patients under home isolation. He reviewed the availability of beds, status of oxygen beds and availability of doctors in the hospitals. Collector Gwalior informed that besides Government hospitals, good services are being given for corona treatment in private hospitals like Birla, Kalyan and Apollo Hospital. Additional Chief Secretary Mohammad Suleman informed that a detailed review of Covid cases in Gwalior, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Hoshangabad, Khargone, Damoh, Jhabua, Shahdol, Betul, Chhindwara, Satna, Dhar and Indore has been conducted. Recovery rate has increased in most of the places. Fever clinics are doing very well with respect to Covid. At present, 23,000 tests have been conducted. In the meeting, Commissioner Gwalior was instructed to ensure daily review of the medical colleges.

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