Mock drills held in Bihar hospitals to check Covid preparedness

PATNA: Amid the increase in Covid cases, mock drills were organized in all the medical facilities in Bihar on Monday to review the arrangements for the emergency response to infected patients.
Health department secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh said two-day mock drills of the oxygen plant and life-saving equipment functioning started on Monday. "Out of 123 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants in the state, 106 are functional. All the 12 liquid medical oxygen (LMO) tanks were also found functional," he said.
According to the report received from various medical colleges and health facilities, 660 ventilators were checked and 87.12% had been functioning. "Besides, 4,296 oxygen concentrators provided to hospitals and health centres, 3,970 were functioning," the health department said.
Singh said the state did not have any vaccine stock left after March 31. "We have placed order and soon will get adequate number of vials," he told TOI.
In Patna, mock drills were conducted at AIIMS, PMCH, NMCH, ESIC and seven other health facilities in Phulwarisharif, Danapur, Guru Gobind Singh Hospital-Patna City, Bakhtiarpur, Fatuha and sub-divisional hospitals at Masaurhi and Barh. Patna civil surgeon Dr Shravan Kumar said the mock drills were satisfactory. "The hospitals have been asked to keep beds for Covid-19 patients. We are ready to tackle the situation if it worsens," he said.