Upgrade Covid care by doubling number of beds in ICU: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: Emphasising on further upgradation of Covid care facilities, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday that the number of beds in the intensive care units (ICUs) of all medical colleges in the state should be doubled. He also directed the officials to increase the number of beds in Level-2 and Level-3 Covid hospitals in all districts of the state.
Yogi gave the direction during a high-level meeting of Team-11 which was attended by additional chief secretary, health, Amit Mohan Prasad, and additional chief secretary, medical education, Rajneesh Dubey, besides top officials of various departments.
Later while speaking to reporters, Prasad said the CM also gave directions to constitute a L3 hospital in Saharanpur district of west UP. At the same time, a dedicated Covid hospital should be made operational in Shamli and Bareilly districts, the CM added.
The chief minister, Prasad said, also underlined the need for extra precautions in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi and Varanasi where the number of Coronavirus cases have been spiralling. Yogi further directed the officials to strengthen the command and control centres for providing ambulances to the people affected by the Coronavirus. Yogi categorically stressed on providing swift and timely treatment to the needy.
Prasad said the process of Covid testing is being done on a full scale. He said that in the past 24 hours, as many as 99,869 samples were tested for Coronavirus infection. Till date, the state government has testes over 31 lakh samples.
In the past 24 hours, the state recorded 4,687 fresh cases of Covid infection. Prasad said there were 47,890 active Coronavirus cases, of which 18,412 were in home isolation, 1,373 were in private hospitals and 155 patients were in semi-paid facilities.