- New RTPCR Machine to be operationalized very shortly
- Oxygen Plant at Dist Hospital in 3 months.
Nawarangpur/Bhubaneswar(Kalinga Voice) : Chief Secretary Sri Suresh Chandra Mahapatra along with Additional Chief Secretary Health and Family Welfare Sri Pradeepta Kumar Mohapatra visited Nabarangpur district today to review the ground-level situation on Covid management. They along with the Collector and other senior officers of the district visited Covid hospital, looked into the functioning of ICU, construction of new 200-bed hospital ward and establishment of an oxygen plant in the district headquarter hospital of Nawrangpur.
The review showed that the test and positivity ratio in the district has been reduced from 20% to 13% during last days because of the shutdown and other enforcement measures taken by Government. This trend is in a declining state, and, is expected to reduce further in the coming days
Replying to a media query after the field visit and review, Chief Secretary Sri Mahapatra said that the new RTPCR machine in Nabarangpur would be operationalized shortly which would provide for a testing facility of around
500 samples per day. All efforts would be made to complete the construction of the oxygen plant and new ward within 3 to 4 months.
