Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service
Mohali, April 15
Mohali has recorded the highest contact tracing of Covid-19 cases in the state, which is 22.5 persons per coronavirus
case. The report of the Central Government team on lowest contact tracing in the district is just mismatch of data.
'No adverse remarks in the report'
VK Singh, Additional Secretary, Government of India, and head of the Central team, said he had not made any adverse remarks in the report and the team was just there to suggest measures to control the surge in Covid cases. They were supposed to motivate the team, which is doing its best in containing the surge, especially in Dhakoli.
Stating this, a senior official of the Punjab Government said 24 additional police personnel had already been deployed with health and other officials. As many as eight teams of health officials per subdivision had been formed for ground checking.
He said with the concerted efforts of the Health Department and prompt action, the case fatality rate (CFR) of Mohali was also lowest in the state, which was 1.47 per cent as compared to 2.9 per cent in the state. Last week, the CFR of Mohali district was 0.8 per cent. It was made possible because of the good referral mechanism adopted by the district administration and making ambulance service available 24X7 across the district. The Civil Hospital had the capability to give a preliminary response and then shift patients to provide L3 facilities in Rajindra Hospital, Patiala.
He said though the district administration had strongly raised the issue regarding the difficulty in admission on referral to the GMCH 32, GMSH-16 and the PGI in case of critical care, especially in emergency situations. He said to ensure L3 services in the stipulated time, the Punjab Chief Minister had already flagged the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reserve beds for critical patients referred from Punjab. The district administration has deputed a L3 nodal officer, who ensures that critical patients were immediately shifted to the mapped facility on time.
VK Singh, Additional Secretary, Government of India and head of the Central team, said he had not made any adverse remarks in the report and the team was just there to suggest measures to control the surge in Covid cases. They were supposed to motivate the team, which is doing its best in containing the surge, especially in Dhakoli.
Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said they had never stated that the Central team came with a negative mindset as quoted in a section of the media. He said the team had given invaluable feedback, including increasing containment zones. It was satisfied with testing and contact tracing and containment strategy upon review.
Dayalan said the administration had also made a sufficient number of L1 and L2 facilities for Covid patients. A L1 Covid care hospital had been set up at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, with a capacity of 1,000 beds. At present, 100 beds had been made functional and 80 beds had been occupied. For L2 level, 80 beds had been set up at the Civil Hospital, Mohali, and 20 at the CHC, Dhakoli, and only 35 beds were occupied as of today.
He said Mohali also led all districts of the state by conducting highest Covid-19 testing, where 2,686 tests were being conducted per million population as compared to 1,297 in Punjab.
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