CHENNAI: The corporation has deputed one IAS official each for its 15 zones to monitor Covid-19 norms enforcement, carry out regular inspections at clusters, and visit tele-counselling and screening centres.
During a meeting held at Ripon Building on Friday, Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi briefed the officials of their responsibilities, which include monitoring home-isolated patients and ensuring that patients get their medical kits on a timely basis.
The officials will directly report to the commissioner daily.
“I have told them to attend gate meeting in the mornings and give a pep talk to volunteers to boost their morale,” the commissioner told TOI.
The officials have also been advised to visit random houses with quarantined patients and check if yellow garbage bags have been distributed to them and if the patients are adhering to quarantine rules.
“They have also been asked to monitor home-triaging and coordinate with doctors if the patient is symptomatic and paramedics if they are asymptomatic. They must ask the patients whether they get calls from tele-counselling centres,” said Bedi
He added that random inspections would be made at the counselling centres in the city to ensure that the staff call patients at least twice a day.
The IAS officials would also ensure that all corporation ambulances are put to use to ferry patients.
“We don’t want patients to use their private vehicles. These IAS officials must coordinate with 1913 and ensure that ambulances reach the house in time if a patient is positive,” added Bedi.
In addition, the officials are tasked with keeping a tab on private labs so that there is no delay in providing the Covid-19 test results.
