LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath anticipating the third Covid wave has directed officials to immediately ramp up infrastructure and set up paediatric ICUs in all districts.
A government spokespoerson said, the chief minister was reacting to expert assessments on a probable third wave and said, arrangements should be in place to protect children. “Paediatric ICUs with a minimum capacity of 10-15 beds in all district hospitals and 25-30 beds in medical colleges should be set up. Also, there should be a paediatric ICU at divisional headquarters with a minimum capacity of 100 beds,” he said
Experts claimed the third Covid wave could be lethal for children as most adults or at least a large percentage of the population will be inoculated till then and children who have mostly been save from the virus will become more susceptible. Yogi Adityanath also said that neccessary equipments and medicines should be procured and physicians and health staff should be trained to handle the crisis.
The government spokesperson said, ventilators and oxygen concentrators have been provided in all districts and additional chief secretary (Health) and principal secretary (medical education) have been asked to ensure the devices to remain operational.
