Government is prepared to combat COVID-19: Vungzagin Valte
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Churachandpur, May 12 2021:
While visiting the construction site for Oxygen plant at Churachandpur district hospital, Minister of TA & H, Vungzagin Valte who is also incharge of Churachandpur and Pherzawl district said that the Government is prepared and ready to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The district has been fighting the second wave of Coronavirus with everything it has so far.
Apart from curfew, declaration of containment zones, vaccinations, the State Government has conducted awareness campaigns and sprayed Sodium Hypochlorite solution to the most vulnerable areas with the help of fire brigades.
At present, there are 290 Covid positive patients in the district at different isolation centres.
There are 21 patients in the COVID -19 Dedicated Ward in the District Hospital.
Dr VC Pau, CMO of the district said that the government has constructed Covid Care Centre at Lanva TD Block and Churachandpur Government College.
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More centres will be constructed at GNM School of Nursing and Gandhi Memorial High School.
Apart from Covid Care Centres, the district also has Community Home Isolation Centres for each Assembly Constituency segment, he added.
"With the increasing cases of infection, Covid -19 Dedicated Ward will be increased to 15 beds as the existing 20 beds is not enough" the Medical Superintendent, Dr Vanlalkungi said.
She also asked for more 20 D type oxygen to the concerned authorities to meet the requirement.
The CEO/ADCC has been transporting the required oxygen from Imphal as of now.
After completion, the oxygen plant will produce 200 litres of liquid oxygen per minute.
This plant will ensure a sustained supply of oxygen for all oxygenated and ICU beds.
With the sudden surge of infection in the district, Minister V Valte asked the District Administration to conduct random Covid-19 testing of auto-rickshaw drivers, bus drivers, taxi drivers and vegetable vendors to contain the fast outbreak of the virus.
'They can be super spreaders of the virus' he added.
He also urged the district administration to submit the action plan and the report of all the activities carried out to control the spread of the pandemic.
Expressing his gratitude towards the doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and healthcare professionals, who are relentlessly working to save innumerable lives during the pandemic, the Minister stated that serving the people during the crisis is worthy of special recognition.