Live
- Siddaramaiah has special love for Muslims: BJP
- We can’t afford spending less than 6% of GDP on healthcare
- Guinness World Record for continuous Hanuman Chalisa chanting
- REMOTE TRIBAL AREA TO GET NEW BRIDGE
- Dr LB College, Woxsen teams win in Climate Tank Accelerator event
- CM Revanth petitions for change in Paleru rly line
- Udupi MP seeks more key highways on top priority
- New diet plan rolled out at welfare hostels
- HRF demands for nation-wide caste census
- SP launches Medicover family health card
Guntur: Private hospitals told to keep beds, ventilators ready
Asked to furnish details of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff
Guntur: District Collector I Samuel Anand Kumar said that the administration will convert the private hospitals into Covid-19 hospitals following the increase in Covid-19 positive cases in the district. He conducted a video-conference with the hospitals enrolled under Aarogyasri.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that under Disaster Management Act, the private hospitals were converted into Covid-19 hospitals. He instructed the managements of the private hospitals to keep beds and ventilators ready and provide details of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff working in the hospitals. He made it clear they will allow treatment of cancer patients and dialysis in the hospitals.
He instructed the doctors to send any patient suffering from cold, cough and breath related problems to Covid-19 hospitals for tests. Covid-19 special officer for Guntur district B Rajasekhar and Joint Collector A S Dinesh Kumar were among those who participated in the video-conference.
