Lucknow, Apr 9 (UNI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in a high-level meeting on Friday, instructed to set up three new dedicated Covid Hospitals in the capital in the next three days.
These dedicated Covid Hospital will have isolation beds, ventilators, bypap and High Flow Nasal Canula (HFNC) machines.
The CM said that the patients from other places also come to Lucknow for treatment hence the state capital should have better medical infrastructure.
Mr Adityanath also asked the officials to make arrangements for additional human resources so that patients can get better medical facilities.
He has given directions to increase Covid vaccination in Lucknow, GautamBudh Nagar, Agra Gorakhpur, Meerut, Varanasi.
He said that for effective prevention of Covid-19, action should be taken in accordance with the mantra of 'test, trace, treat'.
In Uttar Pradesh, there are around 125 laboratories in the public sector and 104 laboratories in the private sector for Covid-19 test.
The Chief Minister also emphasised to maintain adequate availability of oxygen, health personnel, medicines, medical equipment and backups in Covid hospitals. He has also issued guidelines for increasing the beds of Level-2 and Level-3 Covid Hospitals.
He assured that there would be no dearth of resources and the hospital administration should inform the government immediately in case of any need.
Prevention is always better than cure, following it, the CM also said that all government and non-government offices in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Kanpur cities will be allowed 'work from home' as per convenience.
In meeting, the CM ordered all government and non-government offices to operate with 50 per cent human resource capacity.
He ordered the senior officials to ensure vigilance and complete compliance of the Covid Protocol including social distancing and shift-wise working in the offices.
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