‘Curb corona virus spread, deaths with micro planning’

Kanpur: Additional chief secretary Alok Kumar held a Covid review meeting with senior officials in Kanpur and expressed grave concern over the number of deaths due to novel coronavirus infection in the district and directed them to adopt all required measures to bring down the casualties.
Kumar, additional chief secretary, infrastructure and industrial development, presided over the review meeting at the integrated control room in the Kanpur municipal corporation building late Tuesday and asked the officials to take urgent steps to curb the infection spread and ensure better treatment of the Covid patients.
The meeting was attended by district magistrate Alok Tiwari, municipal commissioner Akshay Tripathi, CDO Mahendra Kumar, ADM finance & revenue Virendra Pandey and chief medical officer Anil Mishra.
Kumar directed the officials to depute specialist doctors at Covid hospitals so that mortality rate is reduced. He asked the chief medical officer to prepare a list of doctors, identify the specialists and depute them in Covid hospitals for better treatment of critical patients.
Kumar told the officials to prepare a micro plan for sample collection and ensure all protocols and standards are followed during collection of samples.
He directed health department officials to collect samples of patients having Covid symptoms as soon as they are reported. “If a sample tests positive, decide without delay whether the patient needs to be home quarantined or has to be admitted to a hospital. No laxity is acceptable in this,” said Kumar.
“Contact tracing and subsequent sample collection should be done earnestly and promptly so that infection doesn’t aggravate. Send the rapid response teams to check facilities for home isolation,” he added.
“Identify the Covid patients also suffering from other serious ailments and ensure special care for them to prevent casualties,” he said.
Kumar directed the district magistrate to inspect private hospitals and ensure Covid patients get proper treatment and death rate is reduced.
He told the officials to fast track the procedure for increasing beds in Kanshiram Hospital and LLR Covid hospital.