Delhi govt orders installation of CCTV cameras at all Covid wards after Shah's instruction

Delhi government on Monday issued an order to install Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) in coronavirus wards of all hospitals treating patients to monitor situation better and solve issues faced by patients. order comes after Home Minister Amit Shah visited  Lok Nayak Jay Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital to review situation. Shah directed Delhi Chief Secretary to install CCTV cameras after visit.

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Order issued to install CCTV cameras

Shah interacted with hospital staff and doctors and also held a discussion with senior doctors in conference room over growth rate of cases, death tolls, and admission of patients from outside of Delhi. 

An order by Vikram Dev Dutt, principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare read, "It is hereby directed that COVID wards in all COVID hospitals of Delhi Government shall have CCTV cameras for efficient monitoring and supervision of patient care. PWD, Govt. of NCT of Delhi is directed to install CCTV cameras in all COVID wards within 24 hours and submit a compliance report in this regard be sent at pshealth@nic.in."

LNJP is a Delhi government hospital and has been declared as a dedicated coronavirus facility. 

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Earlier on Monday an all-party meeting chaired by Amit Shah was held to discuss manment of COVID in Delhi at Ministry of Home Affairs. At meeting, all parties present were of opinion that a full lockdown doesn't need to be imposed in Delhi once more, following which a statement to this effect was also made by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Meanwhile,  Railways will deploy 200 more isolation coaches for coronavirus patients in Delhi on Tuesday, taking ir total number in national capital to 250, officials said Monday. After directions from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Railways on Monday deployed 40 isolation coaches at Shakurbasti Railway Station, where it already had 10. Officials said 180 coaches will be deployed at Anand Vihar Railway Station from Tuesday and 20 more at or stations in national capital.

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