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Opening up Mumbai will be a cautious decision: Chief Secy Mehta
Updated On: 19 June, 2020 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Arita Sarkar
Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta on the alarming situation of non-availability of beds, data discrepancies, and how the state will reboot the economy
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A team of BMC doctors checking residents in Kurla on Thursday. Pic/ Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Over the past three months, Maharashtra has reeled under the pandemic and Mumbai carried much of the load of COVID-19 patients. Apart from complaints regarding access to proper healthcare, many people have faced losses in their businesses and some have even lost their jobs. Till date, the state has witnessed over 1.1 lakh cases and over 5,600 COVID-19-related deaths. Despite setting up healthcare facilities for COVID patients, the civic body and the state government have also been criticised for a number of issues.
Nearly two weeks after the lockdown restrictions were lifted, mid-day asked Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta about the plan for the city. Mehta highlighted certain short-term and long-term solutions to deal with the pandemic as well as recover from the economic setback Mumbai has suffered. These include setting up a tracking system for all COVID patients for better data management and holding auditors responsible for proper monitoring beds at private hospitals. There are also plans to re-assess health infrastructure and protocol for management of infectious diseases.
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