AP CM instructed officials to increase Covid hospital capacity
AP CM instructed officials to increase Covid hospital capacity
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Andhra Pradesh corona cases is reported a surge in state, due to that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting on prevailing conditions and containing COVID. In this meeting CM directed the officials to increase beds in Covid hospitals, arrange 3,000 beds in Covid care centres in every district, set up oxygen manufacturing plants and arrange oxygen tankers at hospitals.

Let us share here that the Chief Minister said to increase beds in Covid hospitals and arrange 1000 oxygen beds and 2000 non-oxygen beds in Covid care centres in every district. The Chief Minister directed the officials to set up 42 PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) plants to ensure the required oxygen for Covid hospitals. He said to procure Oxygen tankers and make sure 10KL capacity tankers are available at teaching hospitals and 1 KL tankers are available at other hospitals. 

However, on the other hand officials informed the Chief Minister that there are 35,644 beds in 422 Covid hospitals (public and private) in the state, of which 21,590 are occupied. About 79,000  patients are at home isolation and another 6,348 are in Covid care centres and 14,862 patients are being treated on oxygen beds, with 14,000 new cases in the last 24 hours, officials said. In this meeting Deputy Chief Minister Alla Krishna Srinivas, Covid Command Control Special Officer Dr K S Jawahar Reddy, Health Principal Secretary Anil Kumar Singhal, Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar and other officials were present.

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