A private hospital in Jamshedpur adds Covid beds to its existing strength
RANCHI: After several reports of non-availability of beds leading to death of Covid-19 patients, the Jharkhand government on Saturday appointed a state-level nodal officer for the effective management of admissions at government and private hospitals. Districts were asked to set up similar teams at their level for realtime monitoring and evaluation of occupancies at the healthcare facilities.
Notifying the teams, chief secretary Sukhdev Singh appointed additional secretary of food and civil supplies department Shantanu Agrahari as the state nodal officer for Ranchi district. For the rest of the 23 districts, CEO, Ranchi Smart City, Amit Kumar was appointed as the state nodal officer and joint transport commissioner Ravishankar Vidhyarthi was made the assistant state nodal officer to ensure timely admission of critical patients.