Home Minister Anil Deshmukh praise all Health Department, GMCH, IGGMCH : Sanjay Patil

Sanjay Patil :  Nagpur : In a surprise move, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday night took a round of city to review implementation of administrative orders about closure of malls, eateries, restaurants and other establishments. On noticing some eateries, shops functioning in defiance of the order, he immediately asked the officers including Food and Drugs Administration officers to initiate action. He also explained to the shop-owners the gravity of the situation after the outbreak of COVID-19 warned them not to defy the orders. Else, be ready to face the music, he warned them. Deshmukh toured city for almost two hours and was accompanied by Dr Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay, Commissioner of Police; Ravindra Thakare, District Collector, officers of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). He tried to take stock of the situation. Later, he expressed satisfaction over the efficiency of police and civic administration. In the evening at Ravi Bhavan, while talking to mediapersons, Deshmukh elaborated the arrangements made by the Government to curb further spread of novel Coronavirus. Deshmukh said, “Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and I have taken strong measures to control COVID-19 pandemic in State. We have not spreading the message of awareness but taking strong action against those who are refusing to support the machinery. We have made it clear, people who have been kept in isolation should not flee, else action would be taken against them.” While replying to a question, Deshmukh was all praise for Health Department, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) for arrangements for COVID-19 suspects/patients. He lauded the efforts of doctors, paramedics for their round the clock services during the hour of calamity. Earlier, Deshmukh convened a meeting of administration wherein Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Divisional Commissioner, Dr B K Upadhyay, Ravindra Thakare, Tukaram Mundhe, Municipal Commissioner; Sanjay Yadav, Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad; Rakesh Ola, District Police Superintendent; Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, Deputy Director of Health Services; Dr Sajal Mitra, Dean, GMCH; Dr Ajay Keoliya, Dean, IGGMCH and others. Deshmukh instructed officers not to worry while buying any necessary medical equipment. For ventilator purchase, he advised them to use the funds provided under District Planning Committee (DPC). He asked doctors to treat old age patients that too suffering from diabetes should be prioritised. He also asked officers to do health check-up of all prisoners and make separate arrangement for new jail inmates. Housing societies asked to take precautions District Collector Ravindra Thakare appealed people living in housing societies, apartments to take initiative for home quarantining. People coming from outside to the apartment should be asked to get home quarantined. Thakare pointed out, “The four positive did not have other symptoms. Had they been quarantined they would not have affected. Now administration has made arrangement of public isolation, public quarantine. People should emphasise on cleanliness. People coming from abroad should themselves take all care, urged Collector.