What steps you are taking to tackle rising Covid-19 cases among kids: HC to BMC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that till May 9 around 12000 children have got infected with Covid19 in the cityBMCs advocate senior counsel Anil Sakhre told a bench of Justices Amjad Sayyad and G S Kulkarni that 17 children have died due to the virus in the city so farThe high court sought to know from the civic body what was being done to ensure that children are provided timely and adequate treatmentAlso Read 2290 kids in Maharashtra lost one or both parents due to Covid19Sakhre told the high court that the BMC has upgraded the health infrastructure in the city to prepare for the imminent third wave of the pandemic He said that the state had made special arrangements to treat children affected by Covid19Only two children in the city were currently undergoing hospital treatment for the infection he addedWe have kept separate beds gave adequate facilities to treat children Sakhre told the high courtThe bench which was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations seeking proper management of issues related to the Covid19 pandemic asked if the BMC had also made arrangements for the safety of the caregivers or parents accompanying such childrenYes we make safety arrangements for the parents or caregivers to stay in the hospital with the children whenever required They parentscaregivers will also need to be vaccinated Sakhre saidHe said that 12 per cent of the BMCs annual budget was spent on improving the health infrastructure in the cityThe bench said Last time during the May 12 hearing 11000 children in the city had been affected Now that number has increased significantly What is being done to ensure children are provided timely and adequate treatmentThe high court reiterated that all municipal bodies across the state must replicate the BMCs model on tackling the pandemicThe court also asked the Maharashtra government why BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal hadnt conducted a video conference with commissioners of other municipal bodies and shared the Mumbai ModelOur only anxiety is the successful Mumbai Model should reach to all corporations in Maharashtra the high court saidIt will continue hearing the PILs on June 2This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever