Navi Mumbai: At present, the effect of Corona is decreasing in the area of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, where now less than double the number of new patients are being found here every day. At the same time, the death due to this disease has been curbed. In view of this, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner held a special meeting with the officials of the concerned department of the Municipal Corporation in this regard, except the CIDCO COVID Center located in Vashi and the other 16 COVID Centers. have taken.
Significantly, to deal with the third wave of Corona, under the guidance of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Abhijit Bangar, 12,000 beds were arranged in 17 COVID centers, which included oxygen, ventilator and ICU beds. During the third wave of corona, about 3 thousand new patients were being found every day in Navi Mumbai Municipal area for a few days, the said beds were used for their treatment, but for the last few weeks the third wave of corona has been neutralized. . In view of this, the Municipal Commissioner decided to close all the COVID centers except the Jumbo COVID Center at CIDCO Exhibition Center in Vashi. On this occasion, Additional Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Dr. Sanjay Kakade, Medical Health Officer Pramod Patil, Transport Manager and Nodal Officer Yogesh Kaduskar, Chief Accounts and Finance Officer Transport and Nilesh Nalawade were present.
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Municipal hospital was made capable
Especially in the second wave of Corona, the shortage of beds and other facilities with ICU and ventilator was felt, to overcome which effective measures were taken to deal with the third wave under the guidance of Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Bangar. Under which ICU and ventilator beds and other facilities for the treatment of patients were built in the hospitals of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Special attention was given by the Municipal Corporation to utilize these hospitals to their full potential after being enabled for health services. Due to which the Municipal Corporation has got success in dealing with the third wave of Corona.
Vaccination done at 111 centers
Apart from providing better treatment facilities to the patients of Corona, special focus was given by the Municipal Corporation to vaccinate the citizens of COVID-19 to protect them from this infection. For which 111 vaccination centers have been set up in the municipal area, where citizens above 18 years of age residing in the Navi Mumbai municipal area were vaccinated on a war footing. Due to which the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation became the first Municipality to complete 100 percent of the first dose of COVID-19 in the MMR area. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has also become the first municipal corporation in the MMR region to meet 100% of the first dose for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years. The work of giving the second dose of COVID-19 to citizens above 18 years is likely to be completed soon, due to which the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is going to be the winner in the matter of giving 100% both doses to the citizens.
There has been a massive reduction in the number of corona patients, it does not mean that corona has completely disappeared, so to protect yourself and others from corona infection, one should follow the instructions issued by the government. . To avoid corona infection, it is necessary to follow social distancing along with wearing a mask regularly. Similarly, citizens above 15 years of age should take the second dose of COVID vaccine within the stipulated period and senior citizens should also take the exact dose of COVID.
-Abhijit Bangar, Commissioner, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation