‘District admin Procuring 60 Fowler beds; 10 oxygen concentrators out of MPLAD fund shortly’
KISHTWAR: Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Ashok Sharma, today informed that Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has sanctioned an amount of Rs 30.63 lakh out of his MPLAD fund for Oxygen plants and up-gradation of COVID health care facilities in the district.
Addressing the media persons here today, the DC informed that out of Rs 30.63 lakh the District administration has to procure 60 number of Fowler beds (complete) and 10 number of oxygen concentrators for district Hospital Kishtwar to further equip it for tackling any type of unprecedented situation besides to manage the current COVID19 Pandemic efficiently.
He further said that district administration has geared up to conduct Door to Door vaccination drives in areas with tough geographic conditions for covering the left-out persons above 45 yrs of age.
He further informed that Sub Divisional level committees, headed by SDMs and concerned tehsildars and BDOs, are closely monitoring and assessing the progress on the Covid Mitigation measures, including vaccination drives and allied Covid care facilities in rural areas and are sharing the data with higher ups.
He complemented the PRIs, Health education department, Education Department, Police Department, Rural Development Department and Social Welfare Department for their untiring efforts put in to combat the pandemic.
While giving further details, he informed that during the 2nd wave, starting from March, 1424 cases were reported, out of which 1174 have recovered and 235 are active, including 13 admitted in District Hospital.
He briefed that the recovery rate is constantly picking up and the positivity rate has dipped in the district due to the effective implementation of COVID mitigation measures in the district.
He revealed that at present there are 20 micro-containment zones in the district, while 3 micro-containment zones have been partially de-notified and 3 have been fully de-notified. He said more micro containment zones will be de-notified gradually after massive testing.
While giving detail about the COVID mitigation and containment measures, he informed that sufficient oxygen cylinders and concentrators are available in the District, besides 818 Covid Kits containing essential medicines and oximeter have been distributed among the COVID positive patients till date. He said that the civil work on the 1500 LPM oxygen generation plant has been completed in DH and it will be soon commissioned.