Centre allocated Rs 267.35 cr to Kerala to boost health infra

The Centre will allocated Rs 267.35 crore to Kerala to improve the state’s health infrastructure and effectively manage Covid-19. An additional sum of Rs 1 crore will also be provided to each district in the state for creating a medicine pool. Union minister of health and family welfare Mansukh Mandaviya announced this after meeting with Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, state health minister Veena George and other state officials in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The central minister was in the state to discuss the Covid-19 situation. Mandaviya said that a centre of excellence that caters to telemedicine facilities in every district would be created. Also, a paediatric intensive care unit would be established in district hospitals to prioritise the health of children, he added.

Central Govt will ensure creation of a Center of Excellence that caters to Telemedicine Facilities in every district in Kerala.
For prioritising health of children, paediatric ICU to be established in district hospitals with 10 kilo-litre liquid oxygen storage tank facility (3/4)

— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) August 16, 2021

Following the meeting, the Union minister had lauded the steps taken by the state government in preventing the disease, Mandaviya had also praised the lack of vaccine wastage in the state and also assured availability of vaccines to the state. The central ministry’s data showed that 24,271,938 doses of the vaccine have been administered in Kerala as of 7am on Monday.