Provide TV, newspapers to Covid patients admitted in hospitals: Dube

Kanpur: Additional chief secretary (medical education) Rajneesh Dube on Thursday directed the officials to install TVs and arrange newspapers for Covid-19 patients and assured that there was no shortage of beds in the city hospitals.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had on Wednesday asked Dube to visit Kanpur to assess the situation of medical colleges in the city in view of the rising number of Covid cases.
Besides, Dube also directed that family members of either those in holding areas or infected should also be apprised about the medical condition of their kin. Depute a person bed-wise for informing the condition of patients to his family members, he directed the officials.
He also inspected the Covid facility at LLR hospital and directed that seniors doctors should visit the Covid ward regularly and repeatedly, and deploy junior doctors and monitor their working. He also witnessed the CCTV monitoring and said the number of beds have been increased and there was no shortage of beds now.
He specifically said that newspapers must be provided to each patient and TVs should be installed in all the hospitals. He also said that ambulance services were also being enhanced from this day.
Dube also inspected the medical college, municipal corporation control room, Rama medical college and Naraina medical college, and witnessed the facilities and management there.
During the inspection, district magistrate Dr Brahmadeo Ram Tiwari, municipal commissioner Akshay Tripathi, CMO Dr Anil Mishra were present.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had said in Lucknow that private hospitals in the city should also be roped in for Covid-19 duty. The CM had asked Dube to visit Kanpur to assess the situation of medical colleges in the city.
Additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Awasthi said on Wednesday, “The CM has asked Dube to visit Kanpur and review arrangements to check the spread of coronavirus. He will also assess arrangements in medical colleges and recommend the roadmap for battle against Covid-19. The CM has directed that private medical colleges and hospitals should be used for Covid care.”