Amid an increase in Covid instances, the Delhi authorities has stepped up preparations, together with arranging hospital beds, medical oxygen and medicines, officers stated on Wednesday and asserted that the state of affairs is “fully under control”.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is maintaining an in depth watch on the Covid state of affairs and is in fixed contact with high officers to make sure that each the an infection is managed and preparations are in place to satisfy any eventuality, they stated.
“The government has arranged adequate number of hospital beds, medical oxygen and medicines although hospitalisations are very low,” officers stated throughout a gathering the of Delhi Disaster Management Authority(DDMA) on Wednesday.
According to figures, solely 80 beds (0.82 p.c) of the full 9,737 beds in hospitals right here have been occupied. The occupancy of oxygen-supported beds was 0.64 p.c, ICU beds 0.91 p.c, and ventilator beds 1.03 p.c.
Of the full 1,729 lively instances on April 18, 40 have been hospitalised, 12 have been on oxygen help, 9 have been in ICU, 5 on ICU and oxygen help and one on ventilator, in response to figures.
The Arvind Kejriwal authorities has focused to scale up hospital beds to 37,000 of which 31,622 have been prepared by April 19. Out of complete 10,594 ICU beds, 9,274 have been readied, official knowledge confirmed.
Officials stated availability of all medicine for the therapy of comborbidities and different medicines associated to Covid has additionally been ensured.
The medical oxygen infrastructure has additionally been scaled as much as over 991 MT by April 19 whereas it was 730 MT until May 31 final 12 months.
A buffer inventory 442 MT of liquid medical oxygen was additionally readied by the federal government. A complete of 97 PSA oxygen vegetation have been operating within the metropolis with a mixed capability of over 116 MT, they stated.
Two cryogenic bottling vegetation with capability of 12.5 MT have been put in that may refill refill 1,400 jumbo cylinders per day, they stated.
Shortage of oxygen provide had claimed many lives in Delhi throughout the second Covid wave in 2021.
Officials stated work has additionally been awarded for 15 LMO tankers of which one tanker has been obtained. Three extra shall be delivered by the top of April.
While one tanker shall be delivered by May 15 and 5 tankers shall be delivered by June 19, officers stated throughout the assembly.
The authorities has additionally maintained an operational fleet of 240 CATS ambulances for aiding sufferers. Besides, 65 ambulances have additionally been employed. The fleet of ambulances is deliberate to be raised to 350 shortly, they added.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”