Ensure ‘zero’ deaths in city, CM to health dept
■ 1,076 fresh Covid cases reported in capital
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday directed the city’s health department to bring deaths due to Covid 19 to zero. The chief minister’s direction came after ‘death monitoring committees’ submitted its report to him.
The national capital recorded 1,076 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally to over 1.4 lakh, while the death toll from the disease climbed to 4,044. Eleven deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, as per the latest bulletin, which is the lowest number of COVID-19 fatalities reported in a day, since July 1. The total number of cases climbed to 1,40,232. The active cases tally on Wednesday rose to 10,072, from 9,897, the previous day.
Mr Kejriwal convened a meeting with the committees which were constituted
last month to inspect the 10 hospitals (government and private) in the city with the highest mortality rate and give hospital-wise recommendations on following standard operating procedures and protocols.
In the meeting, each of the four committees submitted their reports and presented recommendations to the chief minister to induce measures for the betterment of COVID patient care services and reducing mortality in the hospitals.Mr Kejriwal reiterated that all steps should be taken to bring deaths to zero.
During the inspection by the committees, it was found that the death rate in all these hospitals has decreased as compared to earlier. Delhi government in a statement said that chief minister Mr Kejriwal is personally monitoring all critical Covid-19 patients and due to his direct intervention immediate steps have been taken to reduce the rate of deaths in the city.
“On July 16, a checklist was sent by the Health department to the hospitals for Covid patient management which further helped reduce deaths due to Covid. As a result, the deaths in Delhi have come down to just 11 today,” it added.
The committees were constituted on July 30 as a part of chief minister’s efforts to reduce the death rate in the city. Various government and private hospitals such as Lok Nayak Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, Max East and West are being inspected by the panel.