Coordinate with states: Chandigarh Administrator to Health Secretary

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 10

Expressing concern over spike in Covid cases due to travellers, UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore said today that with the opening of state borders and movement of persons through roads, trains and flights, the spread of infection could increase substantially.

During the daily review meeting, the Administrator directed Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary, Health, to coordinate with the neighbouring states so that a common strategy could be formed to screen those coming into the tricity from other regions.

Earlier, those returned from Delhi were reported positive on May 31 and June 3. A 40-year-old man from Khuda Ali Sher had travelled to Delhi, along with his wife, and stayed there for two days before returning to the city. Another 25-year-old man living and working in Patel Nagar, Delhi, had reported positive on his visit to Chandigarh. He returned from Delhi on May 22 to visit his mother in Sector 21.

A 42-year-old RSS functionary, who is a resident of Sector 18, had come in contact with a senior RSS functionary (Himachal Pradesh resident). The senior RSS man had travelled from Delhi to Chandigarh and has a history of contact with a Covid positive case during his visit to Delhi.

Another returnee, a 28-year-old resident of Mani Majra, Chandigarh, who is working and living at Gurugram, returned to Chandigarh with symptoms of fever and cough on June 7.

Till now, as many as five cases of returnees have been reported in the city.

Meanwhile, Adviser Manoj Parida today visited the Wholesale Market, Sector 26, and Grain Market, Sector 39. He said they would formulate a proposal for shifting if required and feasible.

Finance Secretary AK Sinha said all efforts were being made to facilitate migrant labours and stranded persons to their native places.

Panel to check overcrowding in OPDs

• VP Singh Badnore, UT Administrator, on Wednesday approved the formation of a committee under the Director, PGIMER, with representatives from the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, and Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, to formulate a protocol to make sure that there is no overcrowding or congestion of patients in the outdoor facilities.
• The committee will work on developing a mechanism so that only referral cases are sent to the PGIMER. The committee may also recommend how Chandigarh can be developed to emerge as an ideal medical hub for the northern region.

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