Koraput district Collector Madhusudan Mishra on Monday directed the concerned authorities to complete corona centres at all CHCs add PHCs within eight days to combat coronavirus in the district.
The Collector said this at a meeting held at the DRDA office here. He said the State Government has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh per establishment of Corona Kendra at CHCs and Rs 5 lakh for PHCs. Each centre will have a capacity to admit 100 patients at a time.
The Collector said an 11-member taskforce has been formed for checking sale of duplicate masks and original masks at higher prices. Blood samples of all outsiders and foreign returnees would be tested for COVID-19 compulsorily, he said.
The Ashakiran Hospital, hospitals of the Hal and the Nalco and the Global Private Hospitals have been asked to inform the District Headquarters about Corona suspects if coming to them for treatment. Sub-Collector Deben Pradhan, DRDA Director Prabir Kumar Nayak, Project Direcotr Maheshwar Nayak, CDMO Dr Makarananda Beura, BJPMU Subhrakanta Gantayat, DIPRO Jagannath Prasad Ray, Koraput Municipality Executive Officer Gaurachandra Patnaik, Kotapad EO Aloka Ranjan Samantray, all JEEs and Tehsildars were present.
