Delhi govt sets up panel to ensure hospitals' preparedness amid battle against COVID

 A five-member committee has been constituted by Delhi government for healthcare infrastructure augmentation and strengn overall preparedness of hospitals to battle COVID-19, officials said. order to set up panel was issued on Tuesday, day Delhi recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,298 coronavirus cases.

committee will guide Delhi government on healthcare infrastructure augmentation and strengn overall preparedness of hospitals to battle COVID-19, it said. It will also guide government on any or area where strengning of infrastructure is required to better man pandemic in Delhi. panel has been directed to submit its report by June 6, order said. 

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members include Dr Mahesh Verma, Vice-Chancellor of IP University; Dr Sunil Kumar, Medical Director of GTB Hospital; Dr Arun Gupta, president of Delhi Medical Council; Dr R K Gupta, former president of Delhi Medical Association; and Dr Sandeep Budhiraja, Group Medical Director, Max Hospital, order said.

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Delhi Covid-19 tally

On Tuesday, in a record single-day spike, Delhi reported 1,298 fresh cases taking total tally to over 22,000 and death toll due to disease mounted to 556. previous highest spike in fresh cases - 1,295 - was recorded on May 31. In a bulletin issued on Tuesday, Delhi health department said death toll due to coronavirus has risen to 556 in national capital and total number of cases has mounted to 22,132. It, however, added that cumulative death figure only refers to fatalities where primary cause of death was found to be COVID-19, according to a report of Death Audit Committee on basis of case-sheets received from various hospitals.|

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