Indore: The most ambitious action plan to eliminate COVID-19 from state, Kill Corona Campaign couldn’t get started in Indore on Wednesday as officials and health teams were busy in training programme and meetings.
Collector Manish Singh, DIG Harinarayanchari Mishra, IMC Commissioner Pratibha Pal and CMHO Dr Pravin Jadai led the training sessions in which health teams were informed about process of uploading the data of survey and screening of the people in the application.
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“Due to staff crunch, training couldn’t be completed on June 30 but was concluded on July 1. The survey for Kill Corona campaign began in rural areas and will start in urban areas from Thursday,” Dr Jadia said.
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*1700 teams led by SDMs and health officials will conduct door-to-door survey across the district and will take information about the health and travel of the people.
*“Those having cough, cold, fever will be treated immediately.
* COVID-19 suspects will be sent to hospitals and sampling will be done. These steps will help in searching the suspected patients and to contain the spread of the virus,” the CMHO said.
*Health teams will also check malaria, dengue patients and testing would be done immediately through rapid tests.
Private hospitals asked to reserve beds
Health department officials also held a meeting of representatives of major private hospitals of the city on Wednesday evening and directed them to reserve about 20-25 per cent bed for COVID-19 patients with isolation facility.
“We have directed the hospitals to reserve the beds so that patients would not be sent to Red Hospital from Green Hospital if tested positive. This will help patients to get treatment in private hospital(s) if they don’t want to go to government set up and also to the hospitals to isolate patients if anyone found Covid positive accidently,” Dr Jadia said.
BJP leader and family test positive, shop sealed
A BJP leader, close to the leaders of Constituency No 2, was tested positive along with three other members of his family as well. His workers at his shop located Kasera Bazar were also tested positive due to which the shop has been sealed and other family members were home quarantined in his place at Vasant Vihar Colony. BJP spokesperson Devkinandan Tiwari confirmed the leader being tested positive.
