Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan lauded Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for his efforts in trying to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in the first and second phases of the pandemic. The Minister who virtually dedicated a 300 oxygenated bed jumbo Covid care facility at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant township with Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister of AP Alla
Cognizant Foundation, Rotary Club set up facility The Cognizant Foundation and the Rotary Club of Madras East Trust have set up a 40-bed COVID-19 care ward at the Voluntary Health Services Hospital (VHS) here.
The Foundation is the CSR arm of the IT major. M. Srinivasa Rao, president-elect of RCME, handed over the ward to VHS on Saturday.
S. Suresh, honorary secretary, and Yuvraj Gupta, director and chief operating officer of VHS, were present.
The new facility has been set up at a cost of ₹1.11 crore and is equipped with oxygenated beds and medical infrastructure to provide critical care.
The ward is part of “Cognizant C3” initiative, the company s COVID-19 response framework.
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Cognizant Foundation and Rotary Club of Madras East Trust have set up a 40-bed COVID-19 care ward at the Voluntary Health Services Hospital (VHS) here.
The new facility has been set up at a cost of Rs. 1.11 crore and is equipped with oxygenated beds and medical infrastructure to provide critical care. The ward is part of Cognizant C3 initiative, the company s COVID-19 response framework. The new COVID-19 care ward will help critically ill patients get the urgent care they need and ease the burden on the city s healthcare infrastructure, said Rajashree Natarajan, chief executive officer at the Foundation.
‘Doctors and nurses should boost the morale of patients’
Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas (Alla Nani) has directed doctors to work with dedication to provide better services to COVID-19 patients.
The Health Minister held a review meet along with district in-charge Minister K. Kannababu, Tourism Minister M. Srinivasa Rao, Special Officer G. Sai Prasad, Joint Collectors M. Venugopal Reddy and P. Arun Babu and medical officers at the KGH on Friday.
He said that a nodal officer each should be appointed for oxygen and bed management at the COVID hospitals. The doctors and nurses should keep a check on the health of patients and boost their morale. He directed KGH Superintendent Mythili to monitor the work of the doctors and staff through CC cameras. Measures should be taken to ensure that oxygen was not wasted, he said.
Private Labs In AP Asked To Upload Covid Positive Reports On Website In 24hrs Apr 22, 2021, 16:52 IST
Vijayawada: The district administration is taking steps to collect information on all Covid cases, and asked private laboratories to send all positive cases reports to the Medical and Health Department as soon as they receive them.
People are rushing to Government Hospitals, Area Hospitals, and Primary Health Care Centers in the district for Covid tests. For the Covid tests, more than 100 centers are collecting samples.
At the Joint Collector s office in the Krishna district, Joint Collector L Siva Sankar held a review meeting with officials on the Covid cases, hospital, and lab maintenance, and other Covid-related issues on Wednesday. He said the district administration has established a 104 call center to provide suggestions and other services to Covid patients.