NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, APR 23
Gujarat will tackle the COVID-19 outbreak through vaccination and strict adherence to norms in place to curb the spread of the virus, along with ramping up of health infrastructure in the state, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
Rupani was speaking at a meeting held by the PM virtually with chief ministers of 10 states with the most number of COVID-19 cases.
The government machinery, the private sector and social organisations in Gujarat were working unitedly to help people, an official release quoted the CM as saying.
Rupani informed PM Modi that the state had over 90,000 beds now, including 11,500 ICU beds and 51,000 oxygen beds, for corornavirus treatment against 42,000 in March 15, while tests had increased to 1.75 lakh daily, of which 70,000 were RT-PCR ones.
The CM said social and religious organisations had come forward to help, and cited the example of Morbi where five COVID care centres with 630 beds have been set up by such groups for patients with mild symptoms.
As directed by the Centre, Gujarat has focused on micro containment zones, and there are 30,000 such spots statewide currently, and these are being attended by 20,000 medical teams, he told the PM during the online meeting.
The demand for medical oxygen had increased significantly and the state government was trying its best to meet it by strengthening the distribution system, the release said.
As on Thursday. 91.51 lakh persons in the state have been given the first dose of coronavirus vaccine. while 17.07 lakh have been administered the second dose.
રાજ્ય સરકાર, રક્ષા મંત્રાલય અને ગૃહ મંત્રાલયની સહાયતાથી ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી કન્વેન્શન સેન્ટર, અમદાવાદમાં કાલથી શરૂ થઇ રહેલ ૯૦૦ ઓક્સીજન બેડ અને ઉચ્ચસ્તરીય સુવિધાઓથી સજ્જ ધન્વંતરિ કોવીડ હોસ્પિટલનું નિરીક્ષણ કર્યું, જેનાથી અમદાવાદના કોવીડ દર્દીઓને ઘણો લાભ મળશે. pic.twitter.com/GtMizRHl0P
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) April 23, 2021
Shah, Rupani visit upcoming 900-bed COVID-19 facility
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday visited the site of a 900-bed COVID-19 facility that is being set up with the help of DRDO, a premier Defence Ministry unit.
गुजरात यूनिवर्सिटी कन्वेंशन सेंटर, अहमदाबाद में कल से शुरू हो रहे राज्य सरकार, रक्षा मंत्रालय व गृह मंत्रालय की सहायता से तैयार किए गए 900 ऑक्सीजन बेड व उच्च स्तरीय सुविधाओं से युक्त धन्वंतरी कोविड अस्पताल का निरीक्षण किया। इससे अहमदाबाद के कोरोना मरीजों को बहुत लाभ मिलेगा। pic.twitter.com/pJOPNlzU6G
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) April 23, 2021
Shah and Rupani arrived at the Gujarat University Convention-cum-Exhibition Centre at GMDC Ground here, which is being turned into a COVID-19 treatment facility, with 900 oxygen beds, including 150 ICU ones, an official said.
A state government release said its capacity can be enhanced by 500 beds in case the need arises.
The Centre recently announced that 25 doctors and 75 paramedics from paramilitary forces would be deployed at the facility.
