A task force headed by IT Minister K T Rama Rao, which was created to oversee the management of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Telangana, today held a meeting at the BRKR Bhavan.
At the meeting, the committee members discussed the state's case tally and death rate, and reviewed the current availability of healthcare facilities like injections, medical oxygen, beds, and life-saving Remdesivir injections.
Reports say that the committee is currently working on procuring more supplies of vaccines so that the people of the state can be immunised against Covid-19 at the earliest. They are also taking steps to push up bed availability in the state's hospitals.
Further, the task force also discussed the steps to be taken to improve healthcare facilities, and the need to ask the Centre for more stocks of both medical oxygen and Remdesivir injections.
The minister instructed the officials concerned to work on procuring the same. He told the officials to ensure that no patients were denied Covid-19 treatment.
Further, KTR asked the officials to come with up a comprehensive action plan for the management of the pandemic keeping in mind the convenience of the public. He also appealed to the public to cooperate with the government's efforts to deal with the second wave.
Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Secretaries Jayesh Ranjan, Sandip Kumar Sultana, and Vikas Raj, and CMO secretary Rajashekhar Reddy were among those present for the meeting.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao had constituted the task force so that the members could work on improving the availability of treatment facilities in the state. In its bid to combat vaccine shortages, the KCR government recently decided to
invite global tenders to procure vaccines.
Today's meeting comes after the state government decided to impose
a ten-day-long lockdown in Telangana to curb the spread of the pandemic.
The KCR regime, which has been taking several steps to prevent the spread of the pandemic, recently faced some backlash for deciding to
turn away ambulances carrying Covid-19 patients from neighbouring states from its borders.