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Economic Times
23-05-2025
- Health
- Economic Times
Delhi reports 23 COVID-19 cases, orders hospitals to ensure beds, oxygen & vaccine stock
The Delhi government has issued a Covid advisory instructing hospitals to ensure availability of beds, oxygen, essential medicines, and vaccines. The advisory follows a rise in Covid cases across several states. Hospitals have been directed to send all positive samples for genome sequencing to Lok Nayak Hospital and ensure that all critical equipment, including ventilators and oxygen concentrators, are functional. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Delhi has reported 23 COVID-19 cases, prompting the national capital's government to issue an advisory asking all hospitals to prepare for availability of beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccine. On Friday, Health Minister Pankaj Singh said that 23 COVID-19 cases have been reported till Thursday and the government is verifying the details whether patients are residents of Delhi or have travel history outside the city."The Delhi government is fully prepared to deal with any situation. We have already coordinated with all medical superintendents, doctors, and their teams across hospitals in the capital," Singh said in a government has asked health institutions to send all positive samples for genome sequencing to Lok Nayak Hospital."The hospitals must ensure preparedness in terms of availability of beds, oxygen, antibiotics, other drugs and vaccine. All equipment such as ventilators, Bi-PAP, oxygen concentrators and PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) must be in functional condition," the Health Department reporting of all parameters must also be done on the Delhi State Health Data Management Portal, the advisory to the advisory, refresher training of dedicated staff may be conducted and daily reporting of Influenza-like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases in all health facilities (OPD/IPD) on the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) portal must be ensured. Confirmed influenza and Covid-19 cases may also be reported on IHIP under the L advisory also states that respiratory etiquettes are to be followed, including the wearing of masks on hospital premises and health states, including Gujarat, Haryana and Kerala, are reporting Covid-19 Thursday, Gujarat recorded 15 new coronavirus cases, while three cases of Covid-19 infection were reported from Haryana's Gurugram and Wednesday, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said the state had reported 182 Covid-19 cases in May 21, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao confirmed that the state had 16 active Covid-19 cases.(With PTI inputs)
NDTV
23-05-2025
- Health
- NDTV
Hospitals In Delhi Asked To Step Up Covid-19 Preparedness
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Friday issued an advisory on Covid, asking hospitals to prepare for the availability of beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccine. The advisory, issued by the Health Department, comes in the wake of several states reporting Covid cases. The government has asked health institutions to send all positive samples for genome sequencing to Lok Nayak Hospital. "The hospitals must ensure preparedness in terms of availability of beds, oxygen, antibiotics, other drugs and vaccine. All equipment such as ventilators, Bi-PAP, oxygen concentrators and PSA must be in functional condition," it stated. Daily reporting of all parameters must also be done on the Delhi State Health Data Management Portal, it said.
