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THE HIMALAYAN MAIL Q JAMMU Q MONDAY Q MAY 17, 2021 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 Lt Governor visits GMC Jammu Cyclone: 150,000 people being shifted Administration to install two new Oxygen plants in Gujarat; health staff on standby AHMEDABAD, MAY siding in low-lying areas will cross the state coast be- at GMC Jammu to augment its oxygen capacity 16: An estimated 1.5 lakh and coastal villages will be tween Porbandar and people are being shifted relocated by (Sunday) mid- Mahuva (in Bhavnagar dis- HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS the road connectivity to the from low-lying coastal areas night. It is estimated that trict) around early Tuesday JAMMU, MAY 16 Hospital site and other re- in Gujarat while 54 teams of around 1.5 lakh people will morning. lated works, the Lt Governor the NDRF and SDRF re- be shifted," Rupani said. The Met department has Lieutenant Governor, set deadlines for completion mained deployed on Sun- He said as thatched warned of heavy to very Manoj Sinha today visited of the road and other auxil- day in view of the IMD's houses will be affected the heavy rains with isolated ex- Government Medical Col- iary works. warning that the very severe most in the cyclone, the gov- tremely heavy falls in sev- lege, Jammu to review Covid He directed the concerned cyclonic storm Tauktae will ernment's priority is to shift eral districts of Gujarat, es- clinical management mea- departments to make sure reach the state coast on all the people residing in pecially those in Saurashtra sures being undertaken by that all necessary arrange- Monday evening and cross such houses in the affected and south Gujarat regions. the Hospital administration. ments are made well in ad- it on early Tuesday morn- areas by Sunday midnight. Some places in Ahmed- Emphasizing on strength- vance. ing. "As the cyclone will bring abad are also likely to re- ening the healthcare work- It was informed that Liq- The government has heavy rainfall, 44 teams of ceive heavy to very heavy force, the Lt Governor di- uid Medical Oxygen (LMO) asked hospitals treating the National Disaster Re- rainfall on Monday and rected for hiring additional tanks with a capacity of 40 COVID-19 patients to en- sponse Force (NDRF), ten Tuesday. Paramedical staff, besides metric tons (2 tanks of 20 sure a power backup and teams of the State Disaster On Wednesday, isolated rational utilization of exist- metric tons each) would be arrangements are also be- Response Force (SDRF), as places in some districts in ing resources to ensure ef- installed in this Covid care ing made to ensure uninter- well as teams of the fire north Gujarat will also re- fective patient care manage- facility, besides the whole rupted generation of med- brigade, police, and coast ceive heavy to very heavy ment. structure is prefabricated ical oxygen in the eight guard have been deployed. rainfall, as per the IMD. The Lt Governor directed and fire retardant. manufacturing units and its "If required, the Armed As the cyclone intensifies, that at all times, Senior Doc- Pertinently, DRDO is set- supply. Forces will also assist in re- the wind speed along and tors, Nurses, and Para- ting up 500-bedded Covid Armed Forces are also lief and rescue operations, off Gujarat coasts in the dis- medics' presence in clinical facility, one each in Srinagar kept on standby to deal with and have been kept on tricts of Porbandar, Juna- areas to be ensured by Hos- the patients, and proper en- GMC Jammu to ensure the lators will be completed by and Jammu, which will sub- any eventuality. standby", Rupani added. gadh, Gir Somnath and Am- pital Administration. He try passes to the attendants. operationalization of the May 25, 2021. stantially increase the Covid "With the cyclone likely to He said that as the power reli will reach 150-160 also stressed upon opti- “Senior doctors should said facility at the earliest. While enquiring about the dedicated bed availability in affect power supply, hospi- supply is going to be dis- kmph gusting to 175 kmph mized supportive care for also take the front line in in- The Lt Governor also en- patient-care facilities to be J&K. tals treating COVID-19 pa- rupted, about 1,500 hospi- by Tuesday morning. Covid patients and round- forming people to adopt safe quired about Covid care fa- made available at the said Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, tients have been asked to tals treating COVID-19 pa- It will reach a speed of the-clock care by the hospital practices and Covid proto- cilities, availability of oxygen Covidcare Hospital, the Lt Chief Secretary; Sh. Rohit ensure power back-up. tients have been asked to 120-150 kmph gusting to staff. col. Seniors must leverage support beds, functionality Governor was informed by Kansal, Principal Secretary, Arrangements have also make arrangements for 165 kmph over Devbhoomi Dr. Shashi Sudhan their role as both a doctor, of Oxygen Generation the officers of DRDO about Power Development De- been made to ensure unin- power backup through gen- Dwarka, Jamnagar, and Sharma, Principal & Dean caring & treating patients Plants, besides compliance installation of Oxygen Gener- partment and Information terrupted generation of erators to ensure that treat- Bhavnagar districts of the GMC & AH’s Jammu in- and a public health advocate of earlier directions includ- ation Plant, triage facility, Department; Dr. Raghav medical oxygen in the eight ment is not affected. state during the same pe- formed the Lt Governor that containing Covid pan- ing regular rounds of HoDs availability of Doctors, Para- Langer, Divisional Commis- manufacturing units and The arrangement has also riod, the IMD said. as many as 250 nurses demic”, observed the Lt and senior doctors in the medics and other important sioner Jammu; Sh. Anshul buffer stock is also created," been made to ensure unin- Gale wind speed reaching would join GMC Jammu Governor. wards to examine the pa- aspects of the Covid care Garg, Deputy Commissioner Chief Minister Vijay Rupani terrupted production and 100-120 kmph gusting to within three days, substan- The Lt Governor sought tients. management. Jammu; Dr. Renu Sharma told reporters after attend- supply of oxygen to hospi- 135 kmph will prevail over tially adding to the available the status of two new Oxy- Earlier, the Lt Governor The Lt Governor directed Director Health Services, ing a cyclone review meet- tals, and also to create a Bharuch, Anand, south healthcare workforce. gen plants which are being visited Defence Research the Health Department to Jammu, and other con- ing in Gandhingar. buffer stock, he said. Ahmedabad, Botad, and Laying special emphasis set up by the J&K UT admin- and Development Organisa- provide all support to cerned officers accompanied The government has also "We are concerned and Surendranagar, and 90-100 on providing better facilities istration at GMC Jammu to tion’s (DRDO) 500-bedded DRDO, including arrange- the Lt Governor during his decided to halt the COVID- have ensured through ad- kmph gusting to 120 kmph to the patients, the Lt Gover- augment its oxygen capacity. under construction Covid ments of health related facil- visits. 19 vaccination drive on vanced planning that the over Devbhoomi Dwarka, nor directed the senior doc- While reviewing the hospital site at Bhagwati Na- ities, hiring/posting of doc- Officers of the DRDO pre- Monday and Tuesday as the (COVID-19) patients are Jamnagar, Rajkot, Morbi tors to ensure proper avail- progress being made for es- gar and took first-hand ap- tors, paramedics, and other sent were Dr. Anil Khurana, health staff will be kept on not affected due to the dis- districts from early hours of ability of all medicines, tablishing additional 100- praisal of the on-going work. healthcare workforce well Chief Engineer, Sh. standby for the next two ruption in power and oxy- Tuesday, the department nutritious meals, round-the- bedded Covid ward, the Lt The fully air-conditioned before the formal function- Harpreet Singh, Senior Ad- days to meet any emergency gen supply," Rupani said. said. clock care of patients, food Governor directed the Princi- make-shift Covid facility ing of the hospital. ministrative Officer, and Sh. arising out of the cyclonic In its latest bulletin, the Sea condition will become and water for attendants of pal and senior doctors of with 125 ICU beds and venti- While having a briefing on Kamlesh Kumar, Dy CCE. storm, he said. India Meteorological De- "very rough to high" along "The state government partment said Tauktae is and off south Gujarat coast has decided that there very likely to intensify fur- from Monday morning, and should be zero casualty due ther during the next 24 "very high to phenomenal" Div Com inspects progress of work on 3000 to the cyclone. We have got hours and reach the Gujarat from Monday midnight, it time at hand, so people re- coast on Monday evening. It added. LPM oxygen generation plant at SMGS hospital India got 530,000 Remdesivir, 13,496 HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS Referring to possible third JAMMU, MAY 16 covid wave, which accord- oxygen cylinders as foreign aid: Govt ing to experts may affect the NEW DELHI, MAY 16: The Union and efforts, the ministry said. Divisional Commissioner younger generation, the Div health ministry on Sunday said 11,058 oxy- Cumulatively, 11,058 oxygen concentra- Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer Com directed the SMGS au- gen concentrators, 13,496 oxygen cylinders, tors, 13,496 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen on Sunday visited Shri Ma- thorities to gear up to deal 19 oxygen generation plants and about 5.3 generation plants, 7,365 ventilators/Bi haraja Gulab Singh (SMGS) with the situation.