Over 50% queries at district control room about beds & oxygen cylinders in Jaipur

JAIPUR: Over 50% of the total calls that are being received at the district collectorate’s control room, set up on Friday, are to enquire about availability of beds in the hospitals and oxygen cylinders. The control room has received 287 calls till Sunday afternoon, with an average of 100 calls per day.
Assistant collector (first) Arshdeep Brar was appointed overall in-charge of the control room, whose numbers are 0141-2205175 and0141-2205176. District-level officers are appointed in three shifts for this control room - from 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm and 10pm to 6am.
“Over 50% of the calls we receive at the control room are to enquire about availability of hospital beds and oxygen cylinders. There is a huge demand for these two things in the city. The real-time data about availability of beds in the hospitals is regularly getting updated at the control room. Therefore, as and when we get a call with a demand for bed, we guide the caller depending on the ‘occupancy and vacancy’ updated on the list of hospitals,” Brar told TOI.
“We also guide them to the government or private hospital in the nearby areas (closer to their residences). We also call up the hospitals to ensure that there is no shortage or crisis of oxygen cylinders or supply of oxygen. There is a challenge with regard to availability of oxygen in the hospitals. That’s why we list out the names of hospitals where both beds and oxygen are available and direct the patients to the right path,” she added.
Brar further said, “We also guide the patients in the right direction who require remdisivir injections following the standard procedure.”
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Joint action against black-marketing of essential items
JAIPUR: The officials of food department, legal metrology and food safety officers will carry out joint action against traders found to be involved in black-marketing in the supply of essential items to the consumers, said food and civil supplies department secretary Naveen Jain. He said, special monitoring will be conducted to ensure availability of essential commodities at reasonable prices to the consumers during the ‘public discipline fortnight’. He informed that decoy operations will be carried out at the state and district levels to check the prices of commodities in the markets. Customers can register a complaint on the state-level helpline number 1800-180- 6030, WhatsApp: 7230086030 and on website www.consumeradvice.in.