Amaravati: Focus on emergency healthcare, CM Jagan to Health Officials

Amaravati: The number of Covid-19 tests has crossed the two lakh mark in the State while recoveries continue to be more than positive cases. There were recoveries (86) and positive cases (48) on Wednesday. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to provide emergency health services and said 108 services will roll on from July 1 along with two-wheeler services as part of telemedicine.

During a high-level review meeting here on Wednesday, the Chief Minister said that medical services should be provided to those suffering from chronic diseases and pregnant ladies and 1,060 new vehicles of 108 ambulances would be launched on July 1, along with the two-wheeler bikes to deliver medical services as part of the telemedicine.

The Chief Minister stressed on the need for providing emergency health care services like chemotherapy, dialysis and pre and post natal services to pregnant women during lockdown. Officials informed that all these services have been made available to the patients as per schedule. Even the services of Asha workers and village volunteers were being utilised in identifying such cases and extending medical support.

Taking stock of Covid-19 situation in the State, officials said that so far the total tests conducted across the State has crossed over two lakh with an average of 3,768 tests for million population. As many as 9,284 tests were conducted during the last 24 hours and 48 have tested positive. On Wednesday, 86 people have been discharged after availing treatment and the total number of discharges is gradually increasing. The Covid-19 positive rate for the country is 4.01% and for the State, it is 1.06%, which is the lowest in the entire country. However the recovery rate has been 53.44 per cent against the national average of 32.90 %.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister said that all the pending medical dues should be cleared and timely payments of bills should be made for Aarogyasri hospitals. Besides he also stressed on implementation of Aarogya Aasara scheme to make sure that no interruption arises.

Discussing the aspects of agriculture and its allied sectors, the Chief Minister directed the officials to start marketing the aqua produce in local markets alongside exporting to other States, with certain precautionary measures.

He told officials to ensure at least 30% of both aqua and agri produce gets utilised in the State by providing minimum support prices to the farmers. He also asked officials to provide storage facilities for the farmers and processing units for tomatoes and other fruits.

Minister for Medical and Health Alla Nani, Minister for Marketing Mopidevi Venkataramana, Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney, DGP Gautham Sawang and Special Chief Secretary K S Jawahar Reddy were among those present at the review meeting.