NEED MORE TESTING, FASTER RESULTS: FADNAVIS IN THANE
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis, on Monday visited the quarantine centres and the 1,000-bed facility at Balkum to review the preparations in the city to fight the outbreak, even as the total number of cases crossed the 10,000-mark. He also met Thane municipal commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma. “We will get clarity on the situation if there are more tests conducted and accordingly, solutions can be planned. The state should also provide civic bodies with enough infrastructure and manpower,” he said.
The decision to convert the sports complex into a Covid-19 facility was taken after Kalyan and Dombivli witnessed a rapid surge in the cases since June. The civic body also plans to set up around 1,000 at Dombivli Gymkhana, Patidhar Hall, Dombivli Art Gallery and Asra School in Kalyan.
Meanwhile on Monday, the Kalyan-dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) recorded 413 new cases and four deaths, taking the total number of cases to 9,499 and death toll to 144.
CITIZENS’ BODY WRITES TO CIVIC CORPORATION The Alert Citizens’ Forum in Kalyan wrote to KDMC and Thane collector complaining about the problems residents face during admissions to hospitals and while Covid-19 testing. In their letter, the body has mentioned that despite the state’s notification, patients are being charged more than the permitted amounts . They have also spoked about the lack of hygiene at the Covid-19 facilities. ‘PROVIDE BASIC TREATMENT TO PATIENTS
In a webinar with over 1,000 doctors on Monday, Thane guardian minister Eknath Shinde asked all private hospitals to admit symptomatic patients and provide necessary treatment before shifting them to Covid hospitals to reduce the number of deaths. “We request all practitioners to start their clinics, as this will help in reducing the load on Covid-19 hospitals,” said Shinde.