Congress leader writes to CM demanding care centres at Hobli level

BELAGAVI: Amid an exponential rise Covid-19 cases here, Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi penned a letter to chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday seeking Covid Care Centres at Hobli level in the district to curb deaths.
The cases have now crossed 1,000 mark even as the district administration is grappling to provide facilities for patients requiring critical care. Satish, in his letter pointed out the need for additional labs to substantially increase Covid testing capacity. He wrote “the government has to establish two testing laboratories, one in Gokak and another at Chikkodi taluk.”
He said the district is facing shortage of ambulances and human resource at the government facilities. He urged the government to deploy two ambulance each taluk of Belagavi — the largest district in the state. He further demanded the state to hire more health workers to match the caseload. The district currently has over 558 active cases, with 1,505 pending test results and 26 fatalities.
Satish said Covid Care Centres must be set up at Hobli level and all taluk hospitals be turned into Covid Centres with sufficient beds.
Deputy commissioner M G Hiremath said beds are being made available for patients at taluk hospital and soon administration will acquire 7,000 beds. “We are also thinking of hiring more staff in the coming days,” he added.