Covid-19: Nagaland has only 54 ICU beds, 28 ventilators

Dimapur, Sep. 23 (EMN): Nagaland state has 14 Covid-19 facilities with 681 total isolation beds (excluding ICU beds), 142 O2 supported beds, 54 ICU beds, and 28 ventilators as on as September 22, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare report.

Earlier, for appropriate management of Covid-19 cases, government of India has advised state governments to setup a three-tier arrangement of health facilities exclusively for Covid-19 — Covid care centre with isolation beds for mild or pre-symptomatic cases; dedicated Covid health centre with oxygen supported isolation beds for moderate cases and dedicated Covid hospital with ICU beds for severe cases.

As per the Press information Bureau, government of India has been following a containment strategy for limiting the spread of Covid in the country. In order to facilitate the implementation of the same at ground level Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued containment plans for clusters and large outbreaks. These plans are flexible and can be adapted to any situation. A model micro-plan has also been made available to the states and UTs in this regard.

In collaboration with the states and UTs government of India has deputed multi-disciplinary Central teams to assist state health authorities in implementation of public health response to Covid, it stated.

Central multi-disciplinary teams have been deployed to 25 states and UTs. These teams have worked together with state and district administrations to further strengthen and refine containment operations, Covid-19 testing and management of hospital capacities, it informed.