Doctors treating Corona patients to stay in 5-stars

◗ All doctors serving in Delhi government’s Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B. Pant Hospital on Covid-19 duty will now be housed at Hotel Lalit

The doctors treating coronavirus patients at LNJP and GBP hospitals will be accommodated at Hotel Lalit in Delhi. The Delhi government will bear the cost of accommodation for these doctors. This is an arrangement to quarantine these doctors.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the doctors are on the frontline of the battle against coronavirus. All doctors serving in Delhi government’s Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B. Pant Hospital on Covid-19 duty will now be housed at Hotel Lalit.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said that every doctor would be given a separate room. This is a precautionary measure to keep these doctors away from their families so that there is no chance of spreading the virus if anyone is infected.

The order issued by the health department noted, “It has been decided that doctors working on Covid19 duty at LNJP Hospital and G.B. Pant Hospital would be provided accommodation at Hotel Lalit and the payment of the same shall be borne by the Delhi government.”

The administration has come up with a 14-day shift and 14-day quarantine plan for health workers and medical professionals who are on coronavirus duty in hospitals. The plan will keep the spread of coronavirus in check.

The district magistrate of New Delhi would make necessary arrangements to make 100 rooms available at the hotel on Barakhamba Road.

The LNJP Hospital, GBP Hospital, and few other hospitals are among the facilities where doctors are deployed round-theclock for attending positive or suspected cases of Covid-19.

Delhi lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal, on Monday, gave directions for strict action against district magistrates and deputy commissioners of police for any violation of the on-going 21-day lockdown in their respective areas, officials said.

The L-G also directed district magistrates and DCPs that anyone found roaming without e-pass or valid reason during the lockdown, imposed to check the spread of coronavirus, would be sent to district shelters set up by the administration.

The directions were issued at a high-level meeting which was attended by Mr Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, DMs, and DCPs via video-conferencing.

The government schools in Delhi will hold interactive classes via messages and voice recordings for students till Class 8 during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, said the Delhi government on Monday.

For students of Class 12 and 10, two online classes a day will be held, it added.

Stringent punishment will be ensured to the dealers who steal people’s ration and indulge in black marketing, said Mr Kejriwal.