Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed that an immediate audit of installation and operation of ventilators - provided by the central government to states - should be carried out. During a high level meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, to discuss the Covid and vaccination related situation in the country, he took serious note of some reports about ventilators lying unutilized in storage in some states. The Prime Minister added that refresher training for properly operating ventilators should be provided to healthcare workers if necessary. PM said that localised containment strategies are the need of the hour specially for states where TPR in districts is high.
Modi said that states should be encouraged to report their numbers transparently without any pressure of high numbers showing adversely on their efforts. The Prime Minister also spoke about empowering ASHA and Anganwadi workers with all necessary tools and asked for guidelines to be made available in easy language along with illustrations for home isolation and treatment in rural areas.
Discussed a number of issues during today’s review meeting on COVID-19, including scaling up testing in areas with high TPR, preparing localised containment strategies, augmenting health capacities in rural areas and ramping up the speed of vaccination. https://t.co/ysQmtDiZAQ
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 15, 2021
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