Shift mild cases to other centres, Chandigarh Administrator advises PGI

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, August 26

In view of a sudden increase in the number of coronavirus cases, UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore has advised the PGI to shift patients with mild symptoms to other places.

“If there are mild and stable cases in the Nehru Hospital Extension, PGI, they can be shifted to other places so that beds remain reserved for critical patients only,” he recommended during a war-room meeting here today.

‘Conduct regular sanitisation’

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore directed MC Commissioner KK Yadav to conduct regular sanitisation in different areas to contain the spread of Covid infection and other monsoon-related diseases.

Apart from 200 beds reserved for Covid-19 patients at the PGI, the Administrator had recently directed the hospital authorities to add another 100 beds for local residents suffering from the virus.

Meanwhile, Dr G Dewan, Director Health Services, mentioned that 22,744 persons had already registered for digital health cards, which was highest in the country.

After detailed discussions, the Administrator said all efforts should be made to ensure that the entire population of Chandigarh was covered under the National Digital Health Mission. All residents must go for digital health cards, he stated.

UT Adviser Manoj Parida informed the Administrator that a team of the Government of India, led by Dr Parveen Gedam, Additional CEO of the National Health Authority, visited the UT Secretariat and appreciated the efforts already taken to popularise digital health cards.

The Adviser also informed the Administrator that five months’ ration quota (wheat and pulses) would be distributed among various centres shortly under the extended Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojna.

The Administrator directed MC Commissioner KK Yadav to conduct regular sanitisation in different areas to contain the spread of Covid infection and other monsoon-related diseases.