UP govt orders districts to review preparedness for third wave in government hospitals

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered all the districts to review preparedness of government hospitals to deal with the lingering threat of Covid-19 third wave.

The preparedness will be analyzed by the Nodal officers for Covid-19 appointed by the state.

In Gautam Buddh Nagar, 4 community health centers in Bisrakh, Bhangel, Dadri and Jewar will go under review along with the Covid-19 Hospital in Noida sector 39.

Speaking to TOI, Dr. Sanjay Teotia, District Combined Hospital, Ghaziabad said, “The drill will focus on handling of a child from the time of admission to discharge. A dummy would be used as a patient and the exercise will include wheeling it into the hospital, shifting to a ward, providing critical health services to a patient, administering oxygen through HFNC (high-flow nasal cannula) and BiPAP, giving medicines, making arrangements for a child’s parents in the hospital and providing post-Covid advice to them.”