Mandaviya visits Safdarjung Hospital, reviews Covid mock drill

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday reviewed the Covid response mock drill at the Centrerun Safdarjung Hospital here to check its readiness to deal with any increase in the number of coronavirus casesAmid a spurt in Covid19 cases in some countries the Centre has asked states and union territories to conduct mock drills at all Covid hospitals as part of precautionary measuresI reviewed the Covid response mock drill at Safdarjung Hospital This mock drill was necessary to know how prepared our hospitals are the minister saidCovid cases are rising all over the world and India might witness a spike in cases too Hence it is important that the entire Covid infrastructure in terms of equipment processes and human resources are at a state of operational readiness he statedClinical readiness at hospitals is crucial Mandaviya said while noting that government as well as private hospitals are undertaking mock drillsAlso Read India logs 157 new Covid infections active cases tally at 3421State health ministers are reviewing the drills in their respective states he saidCautioning against complacency he urged everyone to follow Covid Appropriate Behaviour He also asked people to refrain from sharing unverified information and ensure high level of preparednessThe minister visited the 44bedded Covid centre at the hospital the triage and testing area which has been created by the hospital along with a Severe Acute Respiratory Infection ward in the makeshift facility which already existedThe health minister also interacted with the hospital officials and instructed them to be prepared for any fresh outbreakThere are enough funds allocated for Covid and states have been given funds to make all arrangements he addedDr B L Sherwal the Medical Superintendent of the Safdarjung Hospital said All symptomatic patients shall be screened assessed and tested right there in the Covid centreThe report shall be made available within one to two hours following which the decision on admission or discharge shall be taken Till that time the patient can be monitored All beds have oxygen facilitiesDr Neeraj Gupta a professor in the Department of Pulmonary Critical care and Sleep medicine at Safdarjung Hospital said of the 44 beds six beds are equipped with a ventilator with monitorsBesides there is also an 18bedded dedicated Covid ICU he saidApart from that there are 81 beds available for Covid treatment If need be we can make more available Dr Gupta saidFour international travellers from Myanmar who tested positive for Covid at the Delhi airport are admitted at the Safdarjung Hospital and their samples have been sent for genome sequencingThey were asymptomatic They will be discharged once they test negative Dr Sherwal informedThis 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