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The Delhi government is taking every effort, is working relentlessly to save the life of the citizens, is ensuring safety and health, and to protect each person from Corona: CM
New Delhi, April 17, 2021 :
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressed a press conference on Saturday and said that in the next 3-4 days, the Delhi government will be adding 6000 oxygen beds to its health infrastructure as the beds are being arranged across various facilities in the capital. He said that due to rapidly increasing cases in Delhi, Delhi is facing a shortage of oxygen, Remdesivir, and Tocilizumab.
Addressing a digital press conference, CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “Corona is spreading rapidly in Delhi. In the last 24 hours, 24,000 new cases have been reported. Before that, there were 19,500 new cases. So, you can see that within one day, the cases increased from 19,500 to 24,000. The positivity rate is more than 24%. The situation is quite grave. Now, there is a shortage of oxygen and Remdesivir in Delhi.”
CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “Today I held a meeting with all the officers. Since the cases are increasing so rapidly, the facilities that we thought would be sufficient, based on our assessment 3-4 days ago, are now falling short. Today, there is a shortage of Oxygen, Remdesivir, and Tocilizumab.
He said that in the past few days, the Delhi government took several steps via which the number of beds was increased; and till now, in Delhi, there was no shortage of beds. “Even now we’re taking several steps to increase the number of beds and in the next 2-3 days to come, I hope that we’ll be able to provide for beds on a large scale. We will try that any serious patient who needs a bed or oxygen, gets access to it,” said the CM.
He said, “The main target as of now is that since the prime importance is that of oxygen, we’re trying that the number of beds we’re creating, are made oxygen beds so that serious patients could be treated. In the Yamuna Sports Complex and Commonwealth Games Complex, approximately 1300 beds are being arranged. In Radha Soami Satsang, Beas, we had arranged for 2,500 beds initially and are arranging for another 2,500 beds.
CM Kejriwal added that it has also come to light that black marketing and hoarding of these medicines that we are falling short of, is possible. In the meeting with officers today, CM Kejriwal gave strict instructions to the officials to carry out raids and undertake strict action on those who are found hoarding these medicines or involved in their black marketing.
CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “We have been receiving another complaint. Delhi was the only city in the entire country where the test results came out withun 24 hours. From the past few days, it has been noticed that results are taking 3-4 days. The reason behind this is that some labs have started taking up more samples than their actual capacity. For instance, if their capacity is 5,000 tests per day, they are collecting approximately 10,000-15,000 samples, and then take 3-4 days to provide the result.
All DMs have also been instructed that before giving samples to any lab, they must check whether these labs have any pending samples or not. Such labs that do not provide reports within 24 hours must not be given the samples.
CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “Delhi government has an app that shows the number of occupied or vacant beds, in a particular hospital, on a real-time basis. We do not directly operate this app. Each hospital has been given a password. Each of these hospitals inserts data in the app, on their own.
“To fight Corona, we had to impose a weekend curfew due to compulsion. It has been noted that people are following it. We will be keeping an eye on the situation for the next few days. If the gravity of the situation increases, we would take any measure to save your life, for your safety and health. I hope that you would continue to cooperate with us, the way you always have, in each step,” added the CM.
