Develop 300-bed hospital as dedicated Covid hospital, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

BAREILLY: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday during a review meeting on Covid-19 condition in Bareilly asked health department to devlop 300-bed hospital as dedicated Covid hospital.


The newly constructed 300-bed hospital was lying vacant for the past few months but the health department started using it for examining and collecting samples of suspected cases of Covid since March.

The hospital is currently being used for quarantining suspected cases with 100 beds while asymptomatic patients of Covid are being treated at hospital’s another block with 200 beds.

“During review meeting, CM directed us to develop 300-bed hospital as Covid-19 level two hospital in 15 days. For upgrading the hospital to level two, we will install equipment, including ventilators and high flow nasal cannula. The district had received a budget of Rs 5 crore for Covid and a committed headed by district magistrate will transfer budget for upgrading the 300-bed hospital,” said chief medical officer Dr Vineet Shukla.

Apart from 300-bed hospital, Yogi asked district authorities to increase more level two hospitals. He also said if need arises, private hospitals should be used for Covid and an additional chief medical officer should be given the task of contacting Indian Medical Association (IMA). UP CM also told officials that it has been reported that private hospitals and nursing homes refer patients to Covid hospitals when their condition turn serious and he asked district administration to deal with it.

Praising integrated control room set up in Bareilly, Yogi said other districts should also upgrade their control rooms on the same lines. He asked officials to focus on contact tracing and door-to-door survey. He said after conducting survey, antigen test should be conducted.

Bareilly has reported 3109 cases of Covid-19 till Thursday and of these, 76 people succumbed to virus while 1743 are active case. The district has been reporting over 100 cases daily for the past 10 days and the number of cases increased by 90% in a month. Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, Yogi visited Bareilly on Friday for review meeting with officials of Bareilly division.

Yogi directed district magistrates of Bareilly, Budaun, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur to provide mike to all primary health centres so that they can conduct awareness programmes on Covid in rural areas.