Jagan government takes over all private hospitals in Andhra Pradesh

[Spartan]

Invoking a British-era Act, the Andhra Pradesh government has taken over all private and corporate hospitals in the state with immediate effect.

The decision was taken in view of the burgeoning number of coronavirus cases in the state. As of Monday evening, 23 new positive cases were reported, with Visakhapatnam registering the highest number at six

 

Exercising powers conferred under the colonial-era Epidemic Disease Act, 1897, and the Andhra Pradesh Epidemic Disease Covid-19 Regulations, 2020, the government empowered district collectors to take charge of all private hospitals.

Any resistance would be viewed seriously as per provisions of Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, the government declared.

Doctors of private hospitals would have to provide their services whenever required by the government, as per the Act.

The hospitals would have to make available to the government all their resources, including infrastructure like beds, rooms, wards, ICU premises, ventilators, testing labs, pharmacies, mortuaries, equipment and manpower.

Andhra Medical College principal Dr P.V. Sudhakar said that in the first phase only network hospitals would be taken over; the remaining would be added depending on the situation.

In a bulletin released on Monday at 10 am, the state government announced that two men aged 49 and 72 years from Kakinada and Rajahmundry respectively had tested positive. A total of 33 samples were tested since Sunday night, out of which 31 showed negative, while two tested positive.

The state government issued an order for setting up additional sample collection centres at all private medical colleges designated as district Covid-19 hospitals. All private medical college hospitals and other private hospitals have been directed to place their premises with all available resources and manpower at the disposal of the district collector as and when required, the department of health said in a bulletin.

Efforts are on to identify hotspots around the cluster of coronavirus-positive tested patients. Joint collectors have been made responsible for total monitoring through medical teams in Covid hospitals, it said.

Augmenting bed strength for isolation purposes has been initiated and collectors have been asked to obtain details of hotels, function halls / marriage halls, convention centres which can be converted into isolation wards, the bulletin added.

[R_K_LunchVodka]

ide chance ani kabja chesthunnada 

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, R_K_LunchVodka said:

ide chance ani kabja chesthunnada 

nice idea kada... annitiki YSR hospital ani peru pedite aipoddi..

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[Anta Assamey]

Ninnati varaku em ledu tooch annaru....  

Good le at least now they are preparing for it... 

[R_K_LunchVodka]

2 minutes ago, Spartan said:

nice idea kada... annitiki YSR hospital ani peru pedite aipoddi..

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anthee payTm volunteers ee doctors inka 

[Thokkalee]

Good idea to have all the resources at their disposal..👍

I doubt how well the greedy money minded  private doctors will cooperate.. none the less, it is a good initiative.. 

 

[R_K_LunchVodka]

Just now, Anta Assamey said:

Ninnati varaku em ledu tooch annaru....  

Good le at least now they are preparing for it... 

last lo ayipoye time ki hadvidi chesi credit kotteddamani A1 plan ani @nag_mama chepthunde

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, R_K_LunchVodka said:

anthee payTm volunteers ee doctors inka 

saline bottle ki 20Rs, Injection ki 100Rs nokkutaru... 

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[R_K_LunchVodka]

Just now, Thokkalee said:

Good idea to have all the resources at their disposal.. 👍

[LazyRohit]

Damn good idea

kottesam gattiga

[sendral_nakka]

Good job Jaggu