Prayagraj: Gearing up to blunt the possible third Covid wave affecting children, the health department has taken up prompt measures to set up two Paediatrics Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with 40 beds and 100 beds facilities in city area and 10 beds each in four community health centres in rural areas.
Moreover, around 100 medical and paramedical staff were also imparted training by Dr Ajit Singh, senior paediatrician and master trainer of Prayagraj district at Dufferin and TB Sapru hospitals.
Dr Varun Kwatra, public health expert told TOI that the health department is setting up two PICU in city pockets including TB Sapru (40 Beds) and MLN Medical College (100 beds facility).
The natives of Dhikoli village in Uttarkashi have taken matter into their own hands and are acting as the first line of defence. Armed with thermometers, a nebuliser and an isolation ward, the villagers fight Covid on their own.
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