CM reviews COVID-19 situation

Imphal, Dec 1 (DIPR)
Chief Minister N Biren Singh reviewed the COVID-19 situation in the State at a meeting held at the lawns of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat today.
Deputy Chief Minister Y Joykumar, Ministers Th Biswajit, L Dikho, Letpao Haokip, Awangbou Newmai, S Rajen, Vungzagin Valte, O Lukhoi, Th Satyabrata, O Henry, Chief Secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar, Principal Secretary (Health) V Vumlunmang, Director (Health) Dr K Rajo, RIMS Director Prof A Santa, JNIMS Director Dr K Bhimo and other high ranking officials attended the meeting.
Speaking at the meeting, the Chief Minister emphasised on the need for timely diagnosis and hospitalization for effective treatment and prevention of casualties.
He directed the officials concerned to regularly monitor availability of oxygen in all the districts. The Chief Minister also asked the officials to make a WhatsApp Group for the Medical Superintendents of all the Government and private hospitals for better co-ordination amongst them.
A group of experts headed by Health Services Director Dr K Rajo recently conducted a survey to find out the causes of death of COVID-19 patients in RIMS, JNIMS, Shija Hospitals and Raj Medicity.
Late hospitalisation is stated to be the main reason for most of the casualties as per their finding. As such, there is need for creating awareness among the public to take COVID-19 positive people to hospitals as soon as they become symptomatic, the experts opined. RIMS Hospital currently has 170 isolation beds including 17 ICU beds, JNIMS has 145 beds including 15 ICU beds, Shija Hospitals has 57 beds including 15 ICU beds and Raj Medicity has 21 beds including 4 ICU beds.