Nagpur: Central government’s health team in Nagpur district, comprising AIIMS Delhi’s Dr Harshal Salve and Nagpur AIIMS’s Dr PP Joshi visited different containment zones in the city and also met the deans of both government medical colleges in city to discuss the Covid SOPs being followed.
The Central team stressed on contact tracing within the containment zones and ensuring the citizens did not leave the restricted areas. The teams also visited the testing and vaccination centres at different places to check operations, scrutinize the records and facilities being offered. Senior NMC officials were accompanying the central health teams during the visit.
The team also visited Covid-19 treatment centres in rural areas of Amravati including the worst-hit Achalpur city on Friday. It includes experts from AIIMS Delhi Dr Amitesh Gupta and Dr Sanjay Rai.
The team visited the vaccination centre at Anjangaon Bari Primary Health Centre and enquired about the process and staff. Experts also interacted with the patients. They sought information about treatment and available equipment and expressed satisfaction. The team then visited the containment zone at Devmali and inspected the arrangements there. As adherence to the Covid appropriate behaviour is essential, the team directed the system to create more awareness about it.
In Washim, team member Dr Puneet Arora, from the National Tuberculosis Institute in Delhi, visited the vaccination centre at District General Hospital, the Urban Health Care Primary Health Centre at Old Washim and the Vaccination Centre at Pardi Primary Health Centre. Dr Arora interacted with people who came for vaccination as well as medical officers and staff.
In Yavatmal, the team visited the Covid Care Centre at Bhandari in Arni taluka. They interacted with patients. The experts stressed on the need to increase tests to reduce the positivity rate. The team also reviewed the testing capacity in laboratory at GMCH Yavatmal.
In Buldhana, members of the team sought information about the Covid-19 situation in the district, fatality rate, positivity rate, daily tests, contract tracing etc.
Members also gave necessary instructions to the officers to control the spread. The team inspected the immunization centre, facilities available, beds in Covid-19 hospitals, oxygen beds, ICU unit, ventilators etc. They reviewed the supply of oxygen, supply of medicines, etc. and suggested effective measures for better results.