Pune: The then Additional Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation, which proved to be a hotspot in the first and second rounds of Corona, strengthened the health system in Pune city and now under the State Integrated Child Development Services Scheme. Commissioner Rubal Aggarwal has got a special ‘gift’ in the new year. Agrawal has got the honor of the former Chief Secretary of the state, Arun Bongirwar, outstanding administrator, for interfering in his work during the Corona period. Along with him, Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Ankit Goel will also be honored with the award.
After getting the first corona patient in Pune on March-2019, Agarwal took over the responsibility of health management. From bed management to patient treatment, Agarwal was at the forefront of setting up Jumbo Covid Centers for poor patients. After increasing the number of patients and then the death rate, by building a new hospital, priority was given to the facility of treatment for the patients in the shortest possible time.
Corona patients get relief
On the other hand, to facilitate the treatment of corona patients, private hospital beds had to be reserved and management of the treatment of corona patients also had to be done. This brought relief to the patients and their relatives in Pune and adjoining districts.
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Oxygen saving experiment successfully demonstrated
He successfully demonstrated the oxygen-saving experiment so that the patients were not at risk due to lack of oxygen. Similarly, Agarwal dared to bring 9 patients suffering from lack of oxygen in a private hospital to the municipal hospital within one and a half hours. Emphasized on providing adequate number of doctors in Jumbo COVID Center and Government Hospitals with a view to reduce the mortality rate. In the second wave, Agarwal had planned to set up a separate system to check black marketing of remdesivir injections in municipal hospitals. Meanwhile, the fear of infection with mucormycosis spread among the patients and they started a separate department of mucormycosis in the Municipal Hospital for free surgery. Bongirwar award was announced in recognition of their hard work at such levels during calamities like corona Is.
Award will be given on 6th January
The Bongirwar Award is considered a very prestigious honor in administrative service. The award will be distributed on 6th January. The program has been organized by Arun Bongirwar Foundation.