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To avoid Covid infection, sampling should be increased – Anil Vij
Officers should lay emphasis on administeration of second dose of COVID vaccine – Additional Chief Secretary, Rajeev Arora
Chandigarh, July 30 – Haryana Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that efforts would be made to get all government laboratories in the state the accreditation of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). For this, instructions have been given to the concerned officers.
This information came to light during the review meeting regarding setting up of Tertiary Cancer Care Centre at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment with senior officers of the Health Department being presided over by Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij here today.
The minister directed the senior officers of the Health Department to send a team of officials to various laboratories of the State for inspection and evaluation so as to get the laboratories verified from NABL and to rectify the deficiencies as per the NABL norms. He asked them to submit a report in the headquarters so that the deficiencies can be rectified and laboratories can be verified by NABL.
During the meeting, Sh. Vij said that sampling with regard to COVID-19 should be increased so as to contain the spread of this highly contagious virus. He said that people should be categorized according to their work and priority should be given to sampling. He said that random sampling should conducted in overcrowded areas so as to prevent the spread of infection.
Besides this, he directed the officers to expedite the work of setting up oxygen plants at the earliest considering the speculated COVID third wave. Similarly, Sh. Vij directed the officers that an oxygen plant of 200 liters per minute capacity should be setup in CHC or PHC at Ambala at the earliest.
In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department, Sh. Rajeev Arora said that all the CSR funded works should be completed at the earliest to ensure appropriate use of these funds and that people are not deprived of health facilities being provided through CSR. Similarly, he asked the officials to ensure immunization of staff and students of medical colleges along with emphasis on the administration of second dose of the Covid vaccine.
In the meeting, regarding the establishment of Tertiary Cancer Care Centre in Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, the Health Minister was apprised that the infrastructure related work and civil work of the centre, establishment of MGPS plant, establishment of mammography, installation of CT simulator has been completed and work is in progress with respect to other facilities like Modular Operation Theatre, Linear Accelerator, Brachy Therapy, Medical Equipments, PET Scan, ensuring sufficient manpower etc.
Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department, Sh. Rajeev Arora, Director General of Health Department, Dr. J.S. Grewal, Director General of Health Services, Dr. Veena Singh and Deputy Director Dr. Rekha Singh and other senior officers were present in the meeting.
