UP CM Yogi Adityanath orders strict actions against hospitals refusing COVID-19 patients

Uttar Pradesh state government press release said that the state medical education department has issued orders in this regard to all the DMs, CMOs and divisional commissioners.

Shivani
Updated on: 16 April 2021 5:47 AM GMT
UP CM Yogi Adityanath orders strict actions against hospitals refusing COVID-19 patients
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Lucknow: India is witnessing a second wave of coronavirus and it is proving to be much more infectious than the previous one. The number of patients has drastically gone up and the hospital administration seems to be inadequate in handling this issue. In a recent development, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued strict orders against all the hospitals that turn down patients sent to them on the recommendations of the district magistrates (DMs) and chief medical officer (CMOs). A case will be filed under the Epidemic Act against such hospitals.

Strict Orders against hospitals:

Uttar Pradesh state government press release said that the state medical education department has issued orders in this regard to all the DMs, CMOs and divisional commissioners.

The press release mentioned that CM Yogi Aditynath had recently put an emphasis on the requirement of setting up an oxygen generation plant in order to ensure a steady flow of oxygen in the hospitals and medical colleges. Under this initiative, a number of oxygen plants are now set up and are functional in multiple hospitals and medical colleges.

The oxygen plats are being set up in the government medical colleges in Saharanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Banda as well as autonomous state medical colleges at Firozabad, Ayodhya, Basti and Bahraich districts in the state.

The press release also mentioned that the state medical education department had released about Rs. 1.15 crore, which includes Rs. 14.37 lakh for each plant at each medical college and hospital four days ago.

COVID-19 in UP:

Apparently, the spread of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh is observing a massive surge. In the past 24 hours, 22,439 newly infected patients have been found. With this, there have been 1,29,848 active cases in the state. Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department Mohan Prasad said that 9480 people have died due to infection so far. At the same time, 2,06,517 samples have been examined on the last day, and on the other hand, there were 4222 people who have returned home from the hospital after getting healthier.

UP Board Exams Postponed:

Amid the growing cases of Coronavirus, Yogi Adityanath-led UP Government has decided to postpone the UP board exams. The new dates for UP Board Exams are not yet announced. According to the officials, the new dates for conducting the UP Board exams will be announced only after the coronavirus pandemic is controlled in the state.

Night Curfew:

The UP government has extended the night curfew timings from 8 pm to 7 am in districts with over 2,000 active Covid-19 cases. These include Noida, Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur.

Schools Closed in UP:

Schools in Uttar Pradesh will also remain closed till 15 May. The board exams for classes 10 and 12 students have been postponed till 20 May, the Uttar Pradesh government said today after a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

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