India News | Union Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar Critiques COVID Readiness of Health Services in Andamans

Port Blair, Dec 27 (PTI) Union Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar on Tuesday held conferences with senior officers of the Andaman and Nicobar administration right here to assessment preparedness to take care of any spurt in COVID-19 circumstances within the archipelago, an official stated.

After arriving right here within the morning, Pawar, the union minister of state for well being, went to the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital close to Cellular Jail right here to supervise a mock drill to test readiness of the well being facility for efficient administration of coronavirus infections.

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“We are grateful to the union minister for her go to to Port Blair. She took notes of the preparedness of well being amenities throughout the islands when it comes to availability of oxygen, ICU beds, isolation wards, important medicines, protecting kits, ambulances, frontline employees, and take a look at kits,” said Dr Avijit Roy, the nodal officer of COVID-19 management in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Many hospitals across the country held mock drills on Tuesday to check the readiness of health facilities in view of proper COVID-19 management.

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Pawar additionally visited Swaraj Dweep, earlier referred to as Havelock Island and likewise one of many main vacationer locations, to carry comparable conferences with the well being officers and oversee mock drills.

The Centre has requested states and union territories to conduct the drill as a part of precautionary measures following a rise in COVID-19 infections in China and different international locations.

Pawar’s go to to Port Blair was a part of the directive issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The union territory has to this point recorded 10,741 COVID-19 circumstances, whereas 10,612 folks have recovered from the an infection and 129 succumbed to the illness.

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