Amarinder sets target of two lakh vaccinations per day

Chandigarh, Apr 7 (UNI) With Covid positivity and Case Fatality Rate (CFR) rates in Punjab hitting 7.7 per cent and 2 per cent respectively in the last week, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed the health department to further increase the vaccination drive and target vaccinating 2 lakh patients per day.
The Chief Minister also directed the officials to increase the sampling to 50,000 per day, besides vigorously pursuing contact tracing to 30 people per positive patient.
Expressing concern at the high CFR rate, Capt Amarinder said these deaths, many of which are avoidable with timely treatment, pain him. He directed Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan to undertake a massive public awareness campaign to motivate people to approach hospitals at early stages.
He said the quality of health care in hospitals also needs to be improved and the list of approved hospitals with required facilities should be put out in the public domain. He said death audit should be done by all districts and private facilities which are not participating in the expert group discussions should be encouraged to do so.
The Chief Minister, who was informed by the health department that PGI was refusing to admit patients from Punjab, despite being referred through proper channels, said that he would take up the matter with the Prime Minister at tomorrow’s video conferencing meeting and would request him to direct the hospital to reserve at least 50 ICU beds for patients referred by the state government.

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