<p>Udupi-Chikamaglore MP Shobha Karandlaje has urged Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to declare a health/medical emergency in the state and take over 50 per cent beds in all the private hospitals.</p>.<p>In a letter to the CM, Karandlaje expressed fear that the situation would worsen as the surge in Covid-19 cases had created an alarming situation in the state.</p>.<p>She recommended an increase in the number of dedicated lines given to the BBMP helpline from the 30 to 100 and distribute the work in three shifts to professionals.</p>.<p>“Additional 1,000 ventilators should be supplied to Bengaluru. The ventilator capacity in small hospitals and nursing homes should be increased with the financial assistance given by the government,” she suggested.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/two-week-lockdown-in-karnataka-starting-april-27-night-979033.html">Two-week lockdown in Karnataka starting April 27 night</a></strong></p>.<p>The health department should understand the gravity of the situation. Though the government had placed demand for 1,000 ventilators, it had procured only 130. There was a need to encourage ventilator and oxygen suppliers, she stated in the letter.</p>.<p>The health department should publish the availability of Remdesivir and oxygen on a daily basis. A help-desk should be set up in each hospital with a doctor and team of officials to assess whether the infected patients required hospitalisation or home isolation. This would help manage beds in hospitals. Help-desks in hospitals should guide the patients in getting the treatment, she suggested.</p>.<p>The MP said that free ambulance services should be provided across the state to shift the Covid-19 victims to the crematorium. The government should seize all those ambulances who charged exorbitantly for service.</p>.<p>Karandlaje asked the CM to convert schools, collegesand hostels into Covid care centres as more beds and ventilators would be needed in the coming days.</p>.<p>“As there is a demand for plasma from those who have recovered from Covid-19, all blood banks should collect plasma from such persons and store it. There is a need to encourage plasma donation,” she added.</p>
<p>Udupi-Chikamaglore MP Shobha Karandlaje has urged Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to declare a health/medical emergency in the state and take over 50 per cent beds in all the private hospitals.</p>.<p>In a letter to the CM, Karandlaje expressed fear that the situation would worsen as the surge in Covid-19 cases had created an alarming situation in the state.</p>.<p>She recommended an increase in the number of dedicated lines given to the BBMP helpline from the 30 to 100 and distribute the work in three shifts to professionals.</p>.<p>“Additional 1,000 ventilators should be supplied to Bengaluru. The ventilator capacity in small hospitals and nursing homes should be increased with the financial assistance given by the government,” she suggested.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/two-week-lockdown-in-karnataka-starting-april-27-night-979033.html">Two-week lockdown in Karnataka starting April 27 night</a></strong></p>.<p>The health department should understand the gravity of the situation. Though the government had placed demand for 1,000 ventilators, it had procured only 130. There was a need to encourage ventilator and oxygen suppliers, she stated in the letter.</p>.<p>The health department should publish the availability of Remdesivir and oxygen on a daily basis. A help-desk should be set up in each hospital with a doctor and team of officials to assess whether the infected patients required hospitalisation or home isolation. This would help manage beds in hospitals. Help-desks in hospitals should guide the patients in getting the treatment, she suggested.</p>.<p>The MP said that free ambulance services should be provided across the state to shift the Covid-19 victims to the crematorium. The government should seize all those ambulances who charged exorbitantly for service.</p>.<p>Karandlaje asked the CM to convert schools, collegesand hostels into Covid care centres as more beds and ventilators would be needed in the coming days.</p>.<p>“As there is a demand for plasma from those who have recovered from Covid-19, all blood banks should collect plasma from such persons and store it. There is a need to encourage plasma donation,” she added.</p>
