Uttar Pradesh fully equipped to blunt third wave, says CM Yogi Adityanath in Ayodhya – ET HealthWorld

AYODHYA: Citing Uttar Pradesh’s giant leap in medical infrastructure since the pandemic struck last year, chief minister Yogi Adityanath who reviewed health facilities at the district hospital in Ayodhya on Sunday, said, “Today, we have the capacity to conduct four lakh Covid tests, but remember the first sample had to be sent out of UP for testing and the patient too had to receive treatment outside.”

The CM reiterated that the state was fully equipped to fight the anticipated third Covid wave.

During his five-hour stay in Ayodhya, the CM also held a marathon review meeting on progress of development projects, visited the ailing Ram temple Trust chairman, Nritya Gopal Das, before offering prayers at Ramjanmabhoomi.

After inspecting medical facilities at Raja Dasrath Medical College and the recently installed oxygen plant, he said, “Preparations for the third wave are complete and even Ayodhya medical college is equipped to conduct 3,000 RTPCR tests daily.”

Medical colleges are key institutions to ensure specialised healthcare facilities, he said, “But in last 70 years, UP had only 12 medical colleges. We have built or sanctioned 32 medical colleges in just four-and-half years. We’re planning to set up medical colleges on PPP model before December,” he added.

Emphasizing that rapid testing can curb virus transmission through early detection, isolation and contact tracing, the CM asserted the government was trying to expand facilities to enlarge testing capacity, which is currently 4 lakh tests a day. To firm up preventive measures to blunt the third wave, he asked the district administration to formulate a detailed action plan.