Due to Cases increasing in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked for immediate increase in oxygen, Remdesivir and vaccine allocations to the State in the wake of spurt in Covid-19 cases. Let us share that Chandrashekhar Rao brought to the notice of the Prime Minister that the State is not getting oxygen from Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu and Bellary in Karnataka.
For your information let us share that CM KCR make this into notice of PM that with Hyderabad emerging as a medical hub, many people from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh are making a beeline for treatment in the city that placed additional burden on the medical infrastructure in Hyderabad. So, 50 per cent of the patients in the city are from other States, and this resulted in an adverse impact on the availability of oxygen, vaccines and Remdesivir injections.
Responding to the Chief Minister’s request and following instructions from the Prime Minister, Union Minister Piyush Goyal spoke to the Chief Minister and assured him that necessary steps would be taken to supply oxygen, medicines and vaccines. Goyal also assured that oxygen would be supplied from the northern States instead of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
However, A special officer should be appointed to monitor the measures taken for the control of Covid, Chandrashekhar Rao said and instructed Principal Secretary (Finance) K Ramakrishna Rao to release required funds.
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