Amit Shah held a meeting with Chief Ministers of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

Focus on early hospitalisation of patients so that mortality rate can be reduced says : Union Home Minister

5 Dariya News

02-Jul-2020

Union Home Minister  Amit Shah held a meeting  with Chief Ministers of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for a unified strategy for COVID19 in the National Capital Region(NCR)  today.He emphasised on the need to focus on more testing of those suspected of Covid19 so that the infection rate in the NCR region can be reduced. Shri Amit Shah  said that  adoption of more testing  via Rapid Antigen Test Kits will help in reducing infection transmission rate below 10 percent as suggested by World Health Organization. Shri Amit Shah  said nearly 90 percent of screening is possible through these kits. These kits can be provided by Government of India to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments in numbers  desired by them. The Union Home Minister emphasising on the importance of the humanitarian perspective to save lives of the poor and the needy, said the focus should be on  early hospitalisation of patients, so that the mortality rate can also be reduced. Shri Amit Shah also emphasised on the wide use of Arogya Setu and Itihas Apps to help COVID19  mapping in the NCR.The Union Home Minister added that the AIIMS Delhi Telemedicine consultation model being used in Delhi for COVID patients should be replicated in Uttar  Pradesh and Haryana also. He suggested that UP and Haryana can join AIIMS-Telemedicine COVID consultation through which patients can get advice by expert doctors. The  training for doctors in small hospitals in UP and Haryana can be provided by AIIMS with the help of Tele-videography.Dr. V.K Paul, Member NITI Ayog also gave a presentation on  the strategy of tackling COVID19 in NCR. He provided details of best practices adopted in Delhi-NCR and the way ahead.The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr.  Harshvardhan, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Chief Minister of Delhi Shri Arvind Kejriwal  and senior officials of the Government of India, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi governments were also present at the meeting.