Andhra CM calls to 'Strictly monitor services' in 224 hospitals having COVID-19 patients

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday conducted a virtual meeting with officials, collectors and joint collectors to discuss situation of hospitals treating COVID-19. In meeting, CM directed all officials to strictly monitor quality of services in all 224 hospitals treating COVID patients. Jagan Reddy has asked to look over four key parameters- food, sanitation, infrastructure and staff. 

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Monitor services in hospitals with COVID-19 patients 

As per official release, in virtual meeting which was held on September 8, Jagan Reddy said that proper manment is key, which will help Andhra Pradesh to win battle against COVID-19. He insisted that proper awareness should also be spread among people to such an extent that every person of state should kw whom to contact and what to do when he/she start to show Coronavirus symptoms. Jagan Reddy also directed authorities to make sure that every person to wants to get tested should be tested at any cost. 

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"Quality of manment is key in this war against COVID. If we do that properly, 90 per cent of our job is done as we have already been doing it for months w. "Every person in state should kw what he/she is supposed to do, who he/she is supposed to contact when he/she starts showing symptoms and feels that y have been infected. Every person who wants to get tested should be tested at any cost," said Reddy. 

Andhra CM has asked officials to monitor strength of staff in each hospital and also make recruitments if required. officials have been asked to maintain proper records of all patients so that doctors can easily identify probable plasma dor to save lives. Jagan Reddy has asked to take every possible measure to curb virus. 

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COVID-19 situation in Andhra Pradesh 

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge across world so far total number of positive cases in India is at 42,80,422. Andhra Pradesh comes at second position in terms of COVID-19 cases in India. Till w state has recorded around 5,06,493 positive cases. As per latest COVID-19 reports shared by MOHFW, in past 24 hours, 8368 news cases and 70 new deaths have been reported. total number of active COVID-19 cases in state are 97,932. 

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