War against COVID to be fought collectively, with public participation: Jitendra Singh
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Last Updated: May 08, 2021, 06:39 PM IST
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Jitendra Singh suggested that each district should have multiple telephone helplines, which should be vibrant and always available to respond and guide the needy.
Union minister Jitendra Singh (File Pic)
Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the war against COVID has to be fought collectively as the optimum results cannot be achieved without people s participation.
He stressed the need to address the issues of social concern with a human and sensitive approach.
For example, even a single patient requiring an oxygen bed but not getting it, will cause greater disenchantment and panic in the society compared to hundred other patients who have been cured, recovered and gone home, said Singh, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister s Office (PMO).
NEW DELHI: Working from quarantine, after being discharged from the hospital following COVID -19 infection, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today reviewed On-line his constituency’s COVID management status with the officers of the respective district administrations and public representatives.
The meeting was held through video conference because Dr Jitendra Singh is yet to test negative for COVID after the recent episode of infection and he is still not physically meeting or interacting with anybody. Incidentally, he was in his constituency till 19th of this month when he returned to the national capital and had to be hospitalised with COVID the very next day, which suddenly interrupted his routine of regular weekly trips to the constituency, as he had been doing for the last seven years.
COVID-19: Punjab govt provides 809 ventilators to districts ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 22:10 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): Amid a second surge of COVID-19 pandemic, the Punjab Government has provided 809 more ventilators to the districts in the state.
After chairing a high-level meeting to review the current COVID situation and vaccination status in the state here on Sunday, Chief SecretaryVini Mahajan directed all the Deputy Commissioners to install the new ventilators today itself and ensure that not even a single oxygen concentrator and ventilator remain unutilised. She also ordered to impose work from home for private offices so that the chain of COVID transmission could be arrested, according to an official statement.
809 ventilators given to districts, Punjab Chief Secretary
PUNJAB NEWS EXPRESS | May 02, 2021 08:17 PM
CHANDIGARH: Taking another step towards facilitating the critical Covid patients gasping for life and in order to further ramp up the health facilities to conquer the devastating second virus surge, the Punjab Government has provided 809 more ventilators to the districts in the state.
This was disclosed by the Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, after chairing a high-level meeting to review the current Covid situation and vaccination status in the state, here on Sunday.
She directed all the Deputy Commissioners to install the new ventilators today itself and ensure that not even a single oxygen concentrator and ventilator remain unutilised. She also ordered to impose work from home for private offices so that the chain of Covid transmission could be arrested.
COVID-19: Punjab govt provides 147 oxygen concentrators to worst-hit districts in Malwa region ANI | Updated: Apr 25, 2021 10:30 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 25 (ANI): In order to ensure adequate supply of medical oxygen to the needy critical patients on life support, the Punjab government has provided 147 oxygen concentrators to the worst-hit districts in the Malwa region of the state, which were reporting the maximum daily COVID-19 cases and highest positivity rate.
According to an official statement, this decision was disclosed by Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan, while chairing a high-level meeting to review the current Covid situation besides supply and demand of medical oxygen in the state, here on Saturday evening.