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Accepting the recommendations of the Technical Committee headed unlock process by Director, Medical Education & general beds, 408 ICU beds to be Training (DMET), CBK Mohanty, the ensured in Covid hospitals Health and Family Welfare depart- beds including NICU, PICU & POST NEWS NETWORK ing weeks. As some districts ment has asked all Collectors, mu- 357 HDU to be created in 7 still report high TPR, he nicipal commissioners and heads of medical colleges Bhubaneswar, June 8: asked the officials to focus healthcare institutions to start prepar- With the decline in daily on those areas. ing to strengthen childcare in the beds in DHH, SDH; 2-4 beds in CHCs Covid cases during the past Naveen instructed the con- hospitals in their respective areas. 10 to be reserved for such patients few days, Chief Minister cerned officials to expand The government has decided to beds in all Covid Care Naveen Patnaik Tuesday the Covid-19 vaccination pro- create a designated wing for paediatric 15% Centres to be earmarked indicated that the state will gramme from 1.5 lakh doses cases in the existing Covid hospitals REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO for pediatric patients begin the unlock process in per day to 3 lakh doses per for better and safe management of phases. day. At the same time, he ex- cases as strict isolation of Covid-19 pos- leges at Burla, Cuttack, Balasore, pected cases and transfer the symp- In the areas where the caseload is the committee headed by head of the Chairing the weekly pressed concern over the itive paediatric cases may not be pos- Koraput, Berhampur, Baripada and tomatic patients to the appropriate expected to be high, the government paediatric department of SCB Medical Covid review meeting, rising incidents of black fun- sible in general wards, as it may lead Bolangir. Covid hospitals. About two to four will set up standalone paediatric College and Hospital, the government Naveen said that the gov- gus infections in the state to transmission of infection to non- Similarly, 15 per cent of the total beds will be reserved in the commu- Covid Care facilities. has initiated the process for pro- ernment is considering re- and suggested them to stock Covid children. beds in Covid hospitals would be re- nity health centres for such patients, To start with, the facilities created curement of required list of equipment laxing the restrictions in required drugs. The supply As per the plan, 357 beds will be cre- served for the paediatric patients. the government said. If a child found will be managed by the available man- consumables & medicines through districts where test posi- of oxygen in the state was sat- ated in seven state-run medical colleges As many as 10,736 general beds and Covid positive, he/she will be trans- power, while trained manpower will Odisha State Medical Corporation tivity rate has declined con- isfactory and availability of and hospitals for the treatment of 4,072 ICU like beds are there in the ferred to appropriate Covid hospital. be deployed in later stage. Ltd (OSMCL) siderably. cylinders has improved, he coronavirus-infected children. In all, existing Covid hospitals across the The superintendents of govern- Online capacity building training The Health department has also Lockdown restrictions said. 155 isolation beds, 44 HDU (High state. Hereafter, 1,455 general beds ment medical colleges and chief dis- will be provided after identifying planned to set up a dedicated Covid are in force in the state since Chief Secretary Suresh Dependency Unit), 94 Paediatric and 408 ICU beds will be dedicated trict medical officers (CDMOs) have trained doctors and paramedics from Block in the Sishu Bhawan, Cuttack. May 5 following the out- Chandra Mohapatra said Intensive Care Unit (PICU)/ Special to the children. been asked to keep sufficient stocks the peripheral hospitals and they will One attendant may be allowed to break of the second wave that it is a matter of relief Newborn Care Units (SNCU) and 64 All the district and sub-divisional hos- of the required medicines, consum- be deputed to the nearest medical col- stay in the hospital considering re- of Covid-19. The ongoing that there was no increase Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) pitals have been directed to reserve ables and medical oxygen for the treat- lege in a phased manner. quirements. Breast-feeding corners will restrictions are to continue in Covid infections in the cy- will be created in the medical col- at least 10 beds for isolation of the sus- ment of children. As per the suggestions made by be opened in all the dedicated Covid in the state till June 17. clone Yaas-affected areas. The Chief Minister ex- As the TPR has come down, pressed relief as the test pressure on ICU and oxy- positivity rate (TPR) is de- gen-coupled beds has re- clining in the state and duced. Mohapatra hoped Govt sets vax prices hoped that the rate will come that the infection rate will Doses on basis of population for private hosps down further in the com- drop to 5 per cent soon. AGENCIES PRESS TRUST OF INDIA FREE VAX, FOOD RAINY DAYS AHEAD New Delhi, June 8: A day after Prime New Delhi, June 8: The government Minister Narendra Modi tweaked his TO COST `1.45L CR Tuesday set the maximum price pri- government’s Covid-19 vaccination NEW DELHI: India will need to spend an vate hospitals can charge for the three policy and announced that states will additional `1.45 lakh crore ($11 billion) Covid-19 vaccines currently avail- receive free doses for inoculation of to provide free vaccine and food to mil- able in the country – Covishield `780 all above 18, revised guidelines for lions of people devastated by a deadly per dose, Covaxin `1,410 and Sputnik the same were released Tuesday. wave of coronavirus infections, V `1,145. As per the revised guidelines, the Bloomberg News said Tuesday. The In a letter to all states and Union Centre will buy 75 per cent of doses government of the world’s second Territories, the Health Ministry sug- from vaccine makers, including 25 most populous nation will earmark an gested that appropriate strict action per cent of the state quota, and give additional between `1.1 lakh crore and be taken against private vaccination it for free to state governments and `1.3 lakh crore to provide food until centres for overcharging. Union Territories. As the Prime November to the poor and other eligi- The maximum price of Covishield Minister said in his Monday address, ble groups, it said, citing people famil- for private Covid-19 Vaccination no state government will have to iar with the matter. The government Centres (CVCs) has been fixed at `780 IRREGULAR by MANJUL spend on vaccine procurement. may not have to tap the bond market per dose, while that of Covaxin is However, the Centre has made it clear NEW GUIDELINES for the funds, the sources said, citing a `1,410 per dose and Sputnik V `1,145 ` that the allocation of doses will depend dividend of 99,122 crore it received per dose, it said. The Health Ministry n from the central bank and inflows on factors including the population of Domestic vaccine has asked states to ensure that the expected from asset sales. states and vaccine wastage. “Vaccine manufacturers will be given prices declared by various private doses provided free of cost by the the option to provide vaccines “They should also put in the public CVCs do not exceed the ceiling. Government of India will be allocated directly to private hospitals domain the information about the The Serum Institute of India sells to states/UTs based on criteria such as above availability at district and its Covishield to private hospitals at population, disease burden and the n Private hospitals will be vaccination center level, and widely `600 per dose (excluding GST). Bharat progress of vaccination. Wastage of allowed to levy a maximum of disseminate it among the local pop- Biotech has set the cost of its Covaxin vaccine will affect the allocation nega- `150 as service charge ulation, maximizing the visibility at `1,200 a dose for private establish- tively,” a notification read. and convenience of citizens,” the ments. Both vaccines are supplied to Workers put sandbags on the bank of the River Brahmaputra Domestic vaccine manufacturers n States/UTs will be notified in guidelines read. the Central government at a cost of `150 to control soil erosion ahead of the monsoon season in Guwahati, will be given the option to provide advance of how many doses The guidelines state that the vacci- a dose. Sputnik-V is supplied to private Tuesday PTI PHOTO ` vaccines directly to private hospi- will be supplied to them nation will be prioritised and will be ad- hospitals at 948 per dose.