Satish Aditya
Motihari : With surge in Covid- 19 cases continuing in East Champaran District in North Bihar, DM Shirshat Kapil Ashok has directed the Civil Surgeon
(CS) and health department officials to put the 6 Dedicated covid health care centres (DCHCC) on high alert in all six sub-divisions of the district and asked them to ensure high risk patients are admitted to DCHCC on Motihari Sadar hospital premises.
DM Ashok while talking to this scribe said that there is no scarcity of oxygen in the district but the demand is also quite high. The liquid medical oxygen (LMO) is being supplied from Kolkata and Bokaro to Gayatri Gas plant at Harsidhi in the district and it is only refilling plant which supplies gas cylinders to Government
medical college hospital in West Champaran as well as hospitals in East Champaran. At present, two tankers are carrying LMO.
The six DCHCCs have been set up by the district administration at Motihari, Chakiya, Areraj,, Pakaridayal, Raxaul, and Dhaka with a toyal of 545 beds including 320 beds with oxygen cylinders. Besides, 5 Dedicated covid hospital have been set up at Motihari sadar hospital, Rahmaniya hospital, Sharan hospital at Motihari, and Duncon and SRPN hospital centres at Raxaul equipped with 23 ventilators and beds for serious covid patients.
The DM said that serious Covid patients were being sent to Government medical college hospital at Bettiah but that too is not in position to admit more patients now so such patients were also being treated at 5 Dedicated covid hospital centres in the district. According to official report, out of 4,315 positive covid cases 1,830 patients have been cured and returned home in April 2021. A total of 201 patients are admitted at DCHCC , 17 have been referred to Patna and other
places and 2176 are under home isolation.
DM Ashok said out of 26 containment zones in the district, 14 zones are in urban and 12 in rural areas. The DM, after reviewing the Covid situation ,has asked the Civil Surgeon to supply all medicine, masks, sanitizer, and other essential materials to DCHCCs after purchasing the same from the market. The protocol of Covid 19 are being maintained and people are using masks. A total of 2,62,780 persons have been vaccinated against Covid-19 till date in this district, the DM added.