Bhubaneswar: Districts are all set to combat the omicron situation and provide proper treatment to the infected people. This was known from a district-wise review taken by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on digital mode from Lokseba Bhawan conference hall wherein all the collectors appraised their ground-level preparedness for the third wave of Covid-19.
Taking a detailed review, Mahapatra directed to insulate the doctors, nurses and health workers detailed for Covid duty with booster dose on priority.
He also directed that all Covid hospitals and covid care centers should put in place help desk system for communication with family members and relatives of the patients.
Emphasizing empathetic treatment to the patients, the Chief Secretary directed that no patient should feel neglected in hospitals. All should be attended with much care, and love. The family members also should be communicated about condition of the patients regularly.
Additional Chief Secretary Health and family welfare Raj Kumar Sharma said that all facilities and provisions put in place for combating the second wave should be reactivated with full force. He also asked the Collectors to recruit the retired doctors and nurses locally as per the requirement.
The CDMOs and Public Health officers were asked to go ahead with booster dose vaccination with the already available vaccines in all districts.
Development Commissioner Paradeep Jena assured of all sorts of cooperation among the State and Central PSUs and Covid hospitals. The Collectors were asked to go ahead with tripartite agreements like the first and second wave.
Discussions in the meeting showed that a total number of 7181 oxygen-supported beds, around 1000 pediatric beds, 2024 ICUs and HDUs, and 874 ventilators were already made available in all districts.
As of now, 16,117 active positive cases are there out of whom 15,640 patients are being treated in home isolation. They are being managed by the rapid response team members. They have not needed hospitalization. The present trend shows that around 97% of the patients can be managed without actual hospitalization. Only around 3% of the available beds, 11% of the ICUs and 3% of the ventilators are being used.
The Chief Secretary directed the keep additional facilities in all readiness to be made available as and when required.
Director National Health Mission Shalini Pandit, Director Public Health Dr Niranjan Mishra, Additional Director Dr Umakanta Satpathy along with senior officers of concerned departments participated in the deliberations.
Ms Kalinga