UP CM Yogi Adityanath visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre in Lucknow.
The Yogi Adityanath authorities on Sunday introduced that it’s going to now bear the price of treatment of Covid patients even in private hospitals. Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal mentioned that hospitals have been requested not to flip away patients.
“In case there are no beds available in government hospitals, the patients will be sent to a private hospital and the state government will bear the entire cost of treatment,” he mentioned.
According to a authorities launch, the final rites of each Covid casualty will probably be executed as per the faith of the affected person and the state authorities will bear the fee.
Directives in this regard have been despatched to officers in rural and concrete areas in the state.
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Meanwhile, amid oxygen scarcity in the nation, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath mentioned that the state authorities will conduct an audit of the life-saving fuel, oxygen, in collaboration with numerous institutes.
“There is no shortage of oxygen in any Covid hospital, be it private or government. The problem is black marketing and hoarding, which will be tackled with a heavy hand. We are going to conduct an oxygen audit in collaboration with IIT Kanpur, IIM Lucknow and IIT BHU for proper monitoring of medical oxygen. The system of live tracking of oxygen demand, supply and distribution will be implemented,” the chief minister mentioned in a digital assembly with editors of assorted newspapers on Saturday night.
The chief minister has additionally launched a digital platform for monitoring oxygen provide. Asserting that there isn’t a scarcity of oxygen in any private or public Covid hospital in Uttar Pradesh, he urged folks not to let their guard down in opposition to Corona virus.
Yogi Adityanath additionally mentioned that oxygen just isn’t in brief provide, offered solely the needy use it.
(With IANS inputs)Â
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