Hyderabad: Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar along with Senior officials of Health and GHMC visited Golconda Area Hospital, Hyderabad.
The Chief Secretary observed that the Covid vaccination drive for second dosage at the hospital . He interacted with the people who have come for 2nd dose of vaccination. The people expressed their happiness for the good arrangements made for vaccination. They informed that vaccination is taking a maximum time of 15 minutes and with 30 minutes of observation time , they are able to return back to their houses in 45 minutes . The entire experience is hassle free.
The people who have taken their 1st dose of vaccination and have completed 4 weeks in case of Covaxin and 6 weeks for Covishield can go to any Government vaccination centre on 10th, 11th, 12th for their 2nd dose.
The Chief Secretary also inspected the wards and various facilities in the hospital. As per the direction of Hon’ble CM Sri K Chandrasekar Rao, all beds are getting oxygen pipeline facility in an accelerated way . Accordingly within a week 100 COVID-19 beds with Oxygen supply will be available. In is also being ensured that adequate number of beds are available for maternity and other emergency purposes.
As per the instructions of Chief Minister to augment availability of beds , a new floor is being added where 120 beds will be made available . These beds will be commissioned within a month . The work is commenced and under progress. The Director Education has been directed to plan additional Human Resources and other requirement in a time bound manner .
The Chief Secretary also interacted with the Superintendent, RMO and all the doctors of the hospital and congratulated them for their commendable services.
The CS was accompanied by Senior officials S.A.M Rizvi, Secretary, Health, Dr. Ramesh Reddy, DME, D.S. Lokesh Kumar, Commissioner, GHMC, Pravinya, Zonal Commissioner, Narsimaha Reddy, MD, TSIIC and K.Chandrashekar Reddy, MD, TSMIDC. (INN)