LG for regular rounds of HoDs, senior doctors in Corona Wards
LG for regular rounds of HoDs, senior doctors in Corona Wards
‘Docs must have personal interaction with patients’
Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, May 7: To take first hand appraisal of the infrastructure and patient care management in COVID care Hospitals, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today visited Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar, Chest Disease & TB Hospital Jammu and Government Medical College Jammu.
During his visits, he enquired about number of patients being treated in the hospitals, patients discharged after recovery and availability of oxygen support beds.
While inspecting the functionality of Oxygen Generation Plants in the Hospitals, Sinha directed for effective rationalization of available resources to cater to the requirements of the patients.
J&K tightens supply of Oxygen to non-COVID patients
As the non-COVID patients are facing hardship due to the non-availability of oxygen, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has devised a procedure to provide hasslefree lifesaving gas to critically ill patients. As per the procedure, family members of the non-COVID patients would be allowed to procure oxygen cylinders or refill gas from a specified plant.
To check black-marketing and hoarding to lifesaving gas amid the oxygen crisis, the Jammu and Kashmir government said it is strictly monitoring the generation and supply of oxygen from private plants across the UT as some unscrupulous have made abortive attempts to get oxygen cylinders from private plants on the pretext of supplying the same to non-COVID patients.
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Strict action against hoarding of COVID related drugs, Remdesivir: Div Com-J
Daily log to be submitted by UT Drug Controller
JAMMU Tawi, APRIL 27: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer today reviewed the stock and supply position of essential drugs for the treatment of Covid positive patients, here at a meeting at the Drug Controller Office, Jammu.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Anshul Garg; MD National Health Mission, Yasin Choudhary; UT Drugs Controller J&K, Lotika Khajuria, MD JKMSCL Dr Yashpal Sharma besides Assistant Drugs Controllers, DCOs and other concerned officers.
UT Drugs Controller apprised the Div Com that the Drug Controller General of India has designated Remdesivir as a institutional supply only drug in view of the emerging Covid situation and a quota of 10,500 vials per week has been fixed for J&K by GoI, at present.