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Sindri: The Dhanbad district administration has installed 910 beds, including 82 ICU ones, for Covid-19 patients, deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Sing.
Covid cases rising in Dhanbad, 910 hospital beds set aside We have sufficient oxygen concentrators, ventilators and medicines at all treatment centres, says deputy commissioners
Covid is spreading fast in Dhanbad with the number of active cases in the district touching 485 on Monday in spite of the district administration s efforts to step up testing people at the railway station and bus stands, in addition to adhering to the test, isolate and treat regimen.
In all, 446 Covid cases were detected in the last week 40 on April 11, 148 on April 10, 94 on April 9, 91 on April 8, 68 on April 7, 72 on April 6 and 24 on April 5. As many as 182 Covid patients were released from varoius treatment centres during this time.
Sindri: The Dhanbad district administration on Saturday sealed Clinilab, a leading radiology and pathology laboratory in Dhanbad which was ordered to shut for three days, for gross violation of disaster management rules by testing Covid-infected patients.
Officials said the lab was caught red-handed while conducting CT scans and chest X-rays of patients even after it was asked to close for three days after one of its staff tested positive for the virus.
Talking to TOI about the sealing of the lab, deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh said, We received information that some radiology labs were conducting CT scans and chest X-rays to on patients and were not sharing details of their tests with the IDSP cell. We asked the labs to share the information and details of such persons so that they do not infect others. Later, we directed three labs, including Clinilab, to shut their operations for three days to get their premises sanitized and get their staff tested.