East Singhbhum admin takes over two pvt hospitals for treating Covid-19 patients

Jamshedpur: To tackle the rising number of Covid-19 cases, the East Singhbhum administration has taken over two private hospitals to treat the patients.
The St Joseph hospital and the UMA Specialty hospital have been acquired to house the patients. Till now, the Tata Main Hospital, Tata Motors Hospital and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) had dedicated beds for Covid-19 patients.
While the three hospitals have 730 beds, the two newly acquired facilities have 60 beds, deputy commissioner Ravi Shankar Shukla said.
Moreover, a fresh drive has been initiated in the district to stop crowding in public places and ensure compliance when it comes to wearing masks.
On Friday, traffic police and district transport officials conducted a drive in the city to stop pillion riding. Inspections were also carried out at Sakchi Market to see whether traders and buyers are wearing face masks.
“From today, municipal and police officials have started surveillance in the market area to ensure that there’s no gathering of more than five persons at the shops,” SSP Tamil Vanan said.
In total, 135 people have been arrested from different police station areas for the violation rules in the last 24 hours.