HYDERABAD: Covid-19 tests will be ramped up to one lakh per day, said state health minister Harish Rao on Tuesday.
Speaking at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) — where he inaugurated several facilities set up at the cost of Rs 12 crore — he said plans are being laid and medical staff are being deployed to increase tests.
In order to prevent a situation where people fail to find beds during the Covid-19 pandemic, 200 ICU beds and 120 ventilator beds will be made available at the hospital in the next 45 days, the minister said.
“We have allocated Rs 153 crore for purchasing latest equipment. Also, arrangements are being made to have robotic surgeries at NIMS, apart from a 200-bedded mother child hospital attached to NIMS. Today, a state-of-the-art lab for identifying inherited genetic defects has been made available to the people of the state,” he said.
During the visit, the minister also conducted a review with the all head of departments at the hospital and they requested new equipment for various departments.
The minister assured that the equipment estimated to cost Rs 153 crore will be sanctioned and said that effort is on to establish four big hospitals in four corners of the city. Also, NIMS will soon have a facility to provide Rs 5 meals for patient assistants, he added.
