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On the initiative of Shah, a 10,000-bed Covid Care Centre is almost ready in Radha Swami Satsang complex at Chhatarpur. This facility will be used as an isolations centre for mild and asymptomatic cases.
Recently, as the COVID-19 situation in the national capital was getting out of hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent his trusted lieutenant Amit Shah to tackle the situation. Shah immediately swung into action and held a series of meetings with Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and top officials to arrest the surge in novel coronavirus cases. On June 14, when Shah took over, he took 10 major steps. He not only held meetings but monitored the situation on the ground, checking arrangements by visiting hospitals.
Amit Shah has assured the people of Delhi that there is no community transmission in the national capital as of now. According to him, experts have given him the assurance that Delhi's situation is not that bad, and no community transmission is taking place thanks to pro-active steps by the government. The Central government has taken pro-active steps in collaboration with the Delhi govt to combat coronavirus in the national capital. With testing now being ramped up in the capital, more cases will come to light. But this also means that the spread of the virus will be curbed. Meanwhile the government has also taken steps to ensure that screening of containment zones are complete by June 30 and of all houses outside containment zones by the end of July.
Here are the ten major steps that Shah took for combating the pandemic in Delhi.
Amit Shah has fast-tracked a 1,000-bed hospital with 250 ICU beds for corona patients in Delhi is nearing completion. It will start operating in a few days. The doctors of the Armed Forces will operate this hospital.
On the initiative of Shah, a 10,000-bed Covid Care Centre is almost ready in Radha Swami Satsang complex at Chhatarpur. The ITBP will handle it. This facility is mostly for people with mild symptoms or asymptomatic cases.
COVID-19 treatment in Delhi's private hospitals has become three times cheaper after the report of the committee set up on the instructions of the Home Minister. Rates have been fixed at Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 for isolation beds, Rs 13,000 to Rs 15,000 for ICU beds without ventilators and Rs 15,000 to Rs 18,000 with ventilators.
Shah ordered a door-to-door survey in Delhi's containment zones. A cent per cent health survey in Delhi's containment zones will be complete by June 30 and the rest of Delhi's health survey will be complete by July 6. This survey will investigate every corona-infected person. The mammoth serological survey is already underway.
After knowing that Delhi is testing less and the results are coming late, Shah initiated the setting up of 169 rapid antigen testing centres which provide results in half-an-hour. The number of tests everyday has also been tripled. In fact, testing in the national capital has gone up by four times since the beginning of the pandemic.
Shah directed the Delhi administration to find out when a COVID-19 patient who dies had reached the hospital and from where he was brought? If he was in home quarantine, was he brought in at the right time? Shah asked for the reporting of every death to the Centre.
The Railways provided isolation ward coaches to the Delhi government to ensure availability of beds for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Some of these couches are already in operation.
Each district of Delhi was linked to a major hospital to provide COVID-19 treatment to each and every person in need. This comes as a major relief to patients who had to run from pillar to post for treatment.
To ensure better coordination, regular meetings of various agencies - the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi, are being held.
Shah directed the installation of CCTV cameras in all COVID-19 wards of all hospitals in Delhi and ordered the setting up of canteens for the infected patients. He also suggested counselling for doctors and nurses who are on the forefront fighting the deadly virus.
(With inputs from IANS)