Highlights of Meeting with Heads of Private hospitals and doctors
1. I requested the experts, doctors and private hospital owners to serve the people through Government.
1. I requested the experts, doctors and private hospital owners to serve the people through Government.
2. I told them that Government is serious to implement all suggestions given by them to contain the virus.
3. Our only worry is how to quarantine the large number of people who have come in contact with the diseased.
4. They suggested complete shut down.
3. Our only worry is how to quarantine the large number of people who have come in contact with the diseased.
4. They suggested complete shut down.
5. Suggested to start fever clinics. Here preliminary check ups will be done. 30 fever clinics will be started.
6. They come forward to spare the services of doctors and clinical staff working in their hospitals.
6. They come forward to spare the services of doctors and clinical staff working in their hospitals.
7. They have agreed to spare more than 100 ventilators.
8. We have decided to create a separate block of 1200 beds at Victoria and another 1200 will be pooled up at a private hospital.
8. We have decided to create a separate block of 1200 beds at Victoria and another 1200 will be pooled up at a private hospital.
9. They suggested to make the people understand the seriousness of the situation and popularise the message “stay at home and prevent getting diseases”
10. They suggested to strengthen private public partnership to deal and tackle the Covid 19.
10. They suggested to strengthen private public partnership to deal and tackle the Covid 19.
11. Government is keen, not only to tackle and prevent the spread of covid 19,, it is even serious to create infrastructure needed to treat the patients.
12. Government has decided to make people to understand the seriousness of the pandemic.
12. Government has decided to make people to understand the seriousness of the pandemic.
13. My sincere and serious appeal to the people staying in urban centres not to visit villages and hamlets which are till today free from Covid 19.
14. Looking at the gravity of the situation Government has decided that All non essential services and commercial establishments would be shut down till 31 March 2020 in 9 districts
15. For the poor who depend on their daily wages for livelihood, food will be provided free of cost through Indira Canteen.
