“Now No Shortage Of ICU And Oxygen Beds In Delhi,” Says Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi:

There might be no scarcity of ICU or oxygen beds in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned Tuesday morning, a day after the opening of a 500-bed facility on the metropolis’s Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital.

“Coronavirus instances are happening in Delhi… so is the second wave. Along with your co-operation the lockdown was profitable and we have elevated the variety of oxygen beds previously few days. Yesterday we arrange 500 new ICU beds close to GTB Hospital,” the Chief Minister mentioned.

“Now there isn’t any scarcity of ICU and oxygen beds in Delhi,” he added.

Mr Kejriwal additionally expressed hope the town – amongst these worst-hit by the second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths – had overcome the worst of this explicit problem.

Each day instances have gone down from over 25,000 within the final week of April to beneath 13,000 on Monday, and the positivity price has dropped from over 36 per cent to round 19 per cent.

There are, nevertheless, nonetheless greater than 85,000 energetic instances within the nationwide capital.

As instances drop, consultants have cautioned towards laxity and assuming (once more) that the virus has been defeated; on Sunday Mr Kejriwal repeated that warning as he prolonged the lockdown; “the positivity price has gone down however nonetheless we won’t afford leniency,” he mentioned.

500 ICU beds have been constructed in 2 weeks at Ramlila Maidan opp. GTB hospital. Sufferers might be admitted from tomorrow. My heartfelt gratitude to all of the engineers who made it occur in report time. pic.twitter.com/PbI917IYmc

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 10, 2021

Shortly afterwards Delhi Well being Minister Satyendar Jain made an analogous enchantment throughout his press convention, calling on folks to remain guarded and observe the principles until energetic instances are beneath 3,000.

Mr Jain additionally defined the low testing charges – which consultants worry could disguise the true variety of instances – as fewer folks leaving their residence throughout lockdown to get examined.

Town’s healthcare system was hit laborious within the first wave, with ICU or oxygen beds unavailable or in very quick provide. The present rush to extend beds, notably these in ICUs (intensive care models) and with steady oxygen provide, comes amid worry over a 3rd wave of infections.

On April 27 the Chief Minister had mentioned Delhi would get round 1,200 further beds by Could 10.

Of these promised beds, 500 are on the GTB Hospital annexe, one other 500 are on the Lok Nayak Hospital and one other 200 on the Radha Soami Beas campus in south Delhi’s Chhattarpur.

This morning Delhi reported round 12,600 new instances and 319 deaths previously 24 hours. Total, almost 20,000 folks have died in the midst of the pandemic.

Town stays below a “strict” lockdown that has been prolonged until 5 am Could 17.

Earlier at this time Mr Kejriwal additionally referred to as on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the centre to share Covid vaccine formulation with different corporations to hurry up the manufacturing course of.

That decision got here a day after Mr Jain red-flagged low vaccine shares within the nationwide capital.