Mock Drill for COVID preparedness: Mock drill was organized in civic and government hospitals of Mumbai to check the preparedness of coronavirus. A doctor from the government hospital said that during the mock drill, the preparedness of the COVID-19 ward, medicine, X-ray, and oxygen supply units were checked. He said that the purpose of this mock drill was to check how prepared our patients are to deal with Corona.
At the same time, a doctor from the government-run Seven Hills Hospital said that as part of the drill, everything from admitting patients, shifting them to ICU, availability of vaccine and booster dose in hospitals was checked. He said that during this time the oxygen pipeline, ICU equipment and manpower preparations of the hospital were also examined. Dr. Chandrakant Pawar, Medical Superintendent of Kasturba Hospital, who treats infectious diseases, said that during this time he tried to check how prepared our hospitals are to deal with any situation.
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Explain that in view of increasing corona cases in China, Japan, Brazil and South Korea, the central government has asked hospitals across the country to conduct mock drills regarding the preparations for corona. On Monday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had said that all the state health ministers will participate at their level in the mock drill to be organized in all COVID-19 hospitals across the country as a precautionary measure.
What is the preparation of Mumbai regarding Corona
Talking about Covid-19 facilities in Mumbai, Seven Hills Hospital has 1700 beds, Kasturba Hospital has 35 beds, Cama Hospital has 100 beds, St. George Hospital has 70 beds, Tata Hospital has 16 beds and Jagjivan Ram Hospital has 12 beds. Huh. All the hospitals have been asked to upload all the reports collected during the mock drill on the Kovid-19 dedicated portal of the central government.
At the same time, BMC has released a report regarding the preparation of “health infrastructure” to control Corona, in which it said that it has 2124 isolation beds in 10 civic hospitals, 3 government hospitals and 21 private hospitals, out of which 1523 are operational. . Apart from this, there are 1613 oxygen supported beds in these hospitals, out of which 1021 are in operation. The hospitals have 579 ICU beds out of which 473 are functional, besides 954 out of 1079 ventilators are functional. According to BMC, it has 3245 doctors, out of which 3453 are paramedics, 5784 nurses, 2828 doctors, 3246 paramedics and 4029 nurses are trained in corona management.
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