Steps in place to meet any exigency: Veena
The Hindu
Minister says no shortage of hospital beds
The government has made adequate preparations much ahead to meet any exigency that might arise during the third wave by augmenting hospital infrastructure, including ICU, ventilator, oxygen beds, and there is no situation in the State wherein hospitals are running short of beds, Health Minister Veena George said here on Monday.
Shortage of human resources in hospitals is a reality as a large number of healthcare workers have been falling sick due to COVID-19 and the government has now given directions to all hospitals to recruit personnel wherever required to tide over the current situation, she told mediapersons here.
Every hospital has been asked to assess their human resources requirement and prepare a proper plan for optimising staff deployment whenever a set of people fall sick and become indisposed.