With an exponential rise in infections, Chennai quickly became a COVID-19 hotspot during the second wave. Serena Josephine M. reports on how the situation was stabilised before it could spiral out of control
How the tech-driven war room in Tamil Nadu is leading the Covid-19 battle
Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and co-ordination methods, the high-tech war room in Chennai intends to turn the tide of Covid-19 battle.
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Staff hard at work at the war room at DMS campus in Teynampet. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
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CHENNAI: Inside a hall on the seventh floor of a Chennai high-rise, a large television screen shows the live feed of hundreds of Covid-19 ambulances plying across Tamil Nadu on a satellite map. Two healthcare professionals, on headphones, observe clusters of ambulances waiting outside hospitals.
22 May 2021 / 22:46 H. - Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) needs a period of two weeks to make the necessary preparation to contain the Covid-19 transmission in the country.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said among the preparations was to stock up on equipment and medicine as well as reviewing the layouts to further increase the wards and intensive care units (ICU) capacity for Covid-19 patients.
Therefore, he appealed to all Malaysians to assist the ministry by imposing self and family restriction for two weeks in order to break the infection chain and allow hospitals to have more room to treat the increasing number of patients.
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Six nodal officers named for the Unified Command Centre. The Tamil Nadu government on May 9 announced the names of six nodal officers to the Unified Command Centre (UCC) that will function as the COVID-19 War Room.
Darez Ahamed, Executive Director, Guidance, will head the UCC and will be in charge of overall co-ordination of the command centre.
K. Nanthakumar, Secretary, TNPSC, will be the nodal officer for State oxygen monitoring and emergency response. Mr. Nanthakumar will co-ordinate with the Tamil Nadu Medical Supplies Corporation on all issues related to liquid medical oxygen and liaise with private hospitals for their oxygen requirements.