As per the directions of CM Sri KCR, CS @SomeshKumarIAS, along with Secretary to CM Rajashekar Reddy, held a meeting with senior officials of the Govt. and took stock of the #Covid19 situation in the State. The CS said that Govt. has taken concrete steps to fight #COVID19. 
10,000 more Oxygen beds will be readied in Government hospitals to take the total to 20,000. #Covid19 beds in Government and Private Hospitals increased to 49,133 from 18,232 in September, 2020. Special efforts are on to increase the number to 60,000. #TelanganaFightsCovid19
Govt. has decided to increase beds in Govt. Hospitals in a week’s time as follows: NIMS (500), Sarojini Devi (200), Chest Hospital (50), Gandhi (200), TIMS (200), Golconda (100), Malakpet (100), Vanasthalipuram (100), Ameerpet (50). #TelanganaFightsCovid19
Call Centres to be set up in all the districts to cater to the needs of #Covid19 patients. 040-21111111 for @GHMCOnline area. Five lakh free home isolation medical kits to be made available in addition to the existing 7.5 lakh kits. #TelanganaFightsCovid19
A team headed by Sandeep Sultania, IAS is working to avoid shortage of essential drugs and medical equipment. Raghunandan, Commissioner, PR&RD will monitor the special recruitment drive by District Collectors for filling-up vacancies in Govt. Hopsitals and PHCs through walk-ins.
A special team under @jayesh_ranjan, Prl Secretary Industries & Commerce is constituted to procure adequate quantities of Remdesivir. Other senior IAS officers have been appointed as Special Officers for major Government Hospitals in Hyderabad for improving quality of services.
Except for GHMC area, respective District Collectors will be the Special Officers for the biggest hospital in the district. Senior district officers will be Special Officers for the other hospitals. #TelanganaFightsCovid19
Govt. of India had allotted only 4.4 lakh doses to Telangana for the month of May, 2021 against a population of 1.72 Crore in the 18-44 years age group. CS has written a letter to GoI requesting for the allotment of more vaccine for the State.
In case of people above 45 years and are due for the second dose of #Covid19 vaccine, Govt. of India has allotted just 8.35 lakh doses for the first fortnight of May against a requirement of 30.45 lakh doses. CS has written to Govt. of India for enhanced allocation.
The CS has also written to Govt. of India requesting allocation of 600 MT Oxygen to the State against the present allocation of 430 MT per day.
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