NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 10
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has expressed concern with the Centre over ”low” allocation of Remdesivir, used in Covid-19 treatment, to the state and urged increased supply of the drug to meet the urgent demand, the government said on Monday.
Stalin raised the matter with Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal over the phone, an official release said Monday.
#NewsAlert | Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin asks Centre for Remdesivir, 20,000 vials per day.
Details by Shilpa. pic.twitter.com/63kJjWsgvC
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) May 10, 2021
“The Central government has been doing the allocation of this medicine to all states. Accordingly, so far, 2.5 lakh vials have been allotted to Tamil Nadu, which is a low allocation of 7,000 per day,” the release said.
There was a minimum requiremet of 20,000 vials a day and only such a quantity could be useful to meet the requirements of government and private hospitals in the state, Stalin told Goyal.
தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கு நாளொன்றுக்கு 7000 #Remdesivir மருந்துக் குப்பிகளை ஒன்றிய அரசு ஒதுக்கீடு செய்வது போதுமானதாக இல்லை.
நாளொன்றுக்கு 20000 குப்பிகளை வழங்கிட மத்திய வர்த்தகத்துறை அமைச்சர் @PiyushGoyal இடம் தொலைபேசியில் வலியுறுத்தினேன்.
பரிசீலித்து ஆவன செய்வதாக உறுதியளித்துள்ளார். pic.twitter.com/6XuWNxFqjB
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 10, 2021
The Union Minister assured to look into Tamil Nadu’s request, the release added.
It further said 1.45 lakh people were under treatment for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu.
Efforts were on to procure adequate stocks of Remdesivir to treat people with lung issues and the drug was being administered to the needy in all key government hospitals in the state and private facilities in six big cities in the state, it said.
