Delhi Government To Set Up ICU Beds On A Large Scale At 3 Hospitals: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi:

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the moment stated his authorities will arrange ICU beds on a big scale at three state-run hospitals in wake of the rising variety of COVID-19 circumstances within the nationwide capital.

Addressing a web-based media briefing, he stated Delhi has reported round 74,000 circumstances thus far; of them, 45,000 sufferers have recovered.

The rise in variety of circumstances is a matter of concern however there isn’t any have to panic because the COVID-19 scenario is “still under control”, Mr Kejriwal asserted.

“We have increased our capacity of testing by three times and hence, cases are rising in the city,” he stated.

In LNJP Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital and GTB Hospital, the federal government goes to arrange extra ICU beds on a big scale, he stated, including the Delhi authorities has already arrange 3,500 beds for COVID-19 sufferers in accommodations within the final 10 days.

The Chief Minister additionally stated that COVID-19 sufferers underneath dwelling isolation have been given pulse oximeters and that this can act as a “Suraksha Chakra” towards the illness.

He stated the federal government has received permission to conduct plasma remedy on 200 sufferers within the metropolis.
 

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