Experts fear leadership change could lead to cabinet rejig, want continuation of BSY’s policies
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The new chief minister will take charge at a time when Karnataka is staring at a possible Covid-19 third wave | Shriram BN
Express News Service
BENGALURU: It’s been two years of “trial by fire” for the BS Yediyurappa-led Karnataka government, even in managing the pandemic, say health experts. Appreciating Yediyurappa for taking some tough decisions, and critical about a few others, besides U-turns on policy announcements, the medical fraternity and public health experts listed out some issues the new Chief Minister will have to immediately focus on, with the third Covid wave expected to wash in.
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Palike will spend Rs 601 crore and boost health infra at constituency, ward levels to arrest the third wave
The two waves of Covid-19 which left the City gasping for breath have prompted the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) to augment the much-ignored health infrastructure. In what could be termed as a first-of-its-kind approach, the civic body has chalked out a Rs 601 crore plan to address gaps in the City’s healthcare system across all three levels – primary, secondary and tertiary. Officials now await the
State government’s assistance to strengthen healthcare facilities.
Key proposals submitted to the government include 57 primary healthcare centres (PHCs), 11 secondary centres with 50 to 100 beds and three tertiary centres like
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Many were altered within a day on account of conflict with the ground realities
Some of the reforms in the civic body’s bed allocation software that Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya announced on Monday has drawn flak from officials in the BBMP and health experts. Many were altered within a day when they failed to adapt to the ground reality.
Following the alleged bed allocation scam, which he exposed, the BJP MP on Monday announced implementation of four reforms, and promised to implement two more in the next four days.
It is the queue system where patients will be given a token that has received the most criticism. In an attempt to eliminate discretion and bring in transparency, Mr. Surya said that each type of bed – HDU, ICU, etc – will have a separate queue. If a patient’s condition deteriorates, he or she will be added to the relevant queue. He said this will be implemented in the next few days.