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Ludhiana: The health authorities are trying to put in place required infrastructure in case the third wave of Covid hits the district. They are also focusing on paediatric care, as it was being said that the next wave may affect children more.
District epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Bhagat said they were arranging adequate facilities before the probable third wave and they already have a system in place for sufficient beds (both for moderate L2 and severe L3 cases) and oxygen plants were being set up at various hospitals.
“We had to close the L2 facility at Meritorious School as cases fell, but we can open it if there is a surge. We can have more than 200 beds there. Also, we can have 50 L2 beds at Jawaddi community health centre (CHC) and 100 L2 beds at Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), Vardhman. We can have 30 L2 beds at sub-divisional hospital (SDH) in Raikot and have sent a proposal for it, besides we can set up 30 beds at Samrala SDH, 30 L2 beds at Jagraon SDH, 50 at Covid care c
Ludhiana: With coronavirus cases not slowing down and fatalities rising in the district, business associations have come forward to help the administration and the government.
Several businessmen are already providing oxygen free of cost in huge quantities and during the past few days they have also deposited with the administration hundreds of cylinders lying in their factories. Besides, many vaccination camps have been organised by the industry in which not only workers and businessmen, but the public was also immunised.
To overcome shortage of beds in hospitals, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) has pledged to support the initiative of the administration to set up a 50-bed makeshift hospital at the Meritorious School in Civil Lines. Upkar Singh Ahuja, CICU president, said, “Recently, a meeting was held with DC Varinder Sharma, councillor Mamta Ashu, Dr Bishav Mohan and other senior officials of the district administration to help the community by settin
Covid-19: 45 more students test +ve in schools in Jalandhar district tribuneindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jalandhar, March 5
As many as 136 students from private and government schools have tested positive in the past 48 hours, clearly indicating that schools have become a ‘hotbed’ of Covid-19 infections. At least 86 students from government and private schools tested positive on Thursday and 50 more students tested positive on Friday.
These 50 are a part of the 177 fresh cases which have been reported in the district today, taking the district’s total tally today to 22,256. The DEO has ordered the closure of eight schools in the district for 48 hours. A majority of those tested positive today are also from the same schools which figured in the list on Thursday.