VIJAYAWADA: All healthcare facilities in Krishna district have actually been instructed by the federal government on Tuesday to book 50 percent of their beds for Coronavirus patients.Stating this and that the 2nd wave of Covid-19 is developing numerous issues, endowments minister Velampalli Srinivas said on Tuesday that health centers need to offer concern in admission to Coronavirus clients in view of the sharp increase in the infection infections.

The minister held an evaluation meeting with the district authorities on Covid-19 cases at the collectors camp workplace here.

He also recommended hospitals to give daily reports on the number of Covid patients were confessed and the number of them were dealt with under the Arogyasri scheme.

He prompted medical professionals to suggest the clients to opt for home isolation if they have just moderate symptoms.Hospitals, he said, should maintain adequate stocks of medicines.Stating that some private hospitals were fleecing the Covid patients, main assembly constituency MLA Malladi Vishnu said the health centers need to display the charge and other charges they gathered for Covid-19 treatment.

There are claims that some hospitals are dealing with the patients under Aarogyasri scheme and likewise gathering a charge from them too, he stated.

He praised the Krishna district administration for acting on 2 hospitals for fleecing the Covid patients.Krishna district collector Amd Imtiaz said the district administration has provided clear orders on execution of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for mall, super markets, cinema halls and other public locations to consist of the Covid cases in the district.

People can utilize the 104 services to get information of Covid cases.

Some 94 per cent vaccination has actually been finished for frontline warriors in the district, he stated.

Joint collectors K Madhavi Latha and L Siva sankar, VMC commissioner Prasanna Venkatesh, DCP Harshavardhan Raju, district medical and health officer Dr M Suhasini, as also other physicians from the federal government and other health centers participated in the review meeting.