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Punjab fully prepared to tackle possible 2nd wave of covid: Vini Mahajan

Chandigarh, Nov 30 (UNI) Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Monday said that the state government has made all necessary arrangements to prevent possible second wave of COVID-19. She also urged the people to follow the safety norms strictly and "Mask hi Vaccine hai" is the mantra to defeat the pandemic till such time a vaccine is available.
Presiding over the review meeting of State COVID-19 Management Group, the Chief Secretary directed the concerned departments to enhance the number of COVID-19 test to 30,000 per day so that the positive persons can be identified and treated at the earliest. She also instructed to further increase the number of oxygen and ICU beds in medical colleges and district hospitals of the state. Notably, there are already sufficient number of beds available and the state is adequately prepared for any surge in the number of cases.
An official spokesperson said that there are total 1236 beds at Government Medical College Amritsar, 1450 beds at Government Medical College Patiala and 1025 beds at Government Medical College, Faridkot. There are 450, 600 and 301 Oxygen beds are available at Amritsar, Patiala and Faridkot respectively. The number of ICU beds in Amritsar and Faridkot are 92 each, Patiala (88). Similarly, there are 87 COVID ventilator beds in Amritsar, 67 in Patiala and 71 in Faridkot.
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