BHOPAL: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked officials to increase the number of beds in the intensive-care units of the hospitals in such big cities as Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior.
At a meeting of the core group on Saturday, Chouhan asked the officials to ensure that there should not be any dearth of beds and to increase number of beds in hospitals in other cities. Those who are ill should be given beds and help should be sought from the private hospitals for it, he said.
The number of active patients shot up to more than one lakh on Saturday.
Expressing concern over the rising number of active cases, Chouhan told the officials to make arrangements for medicines, injections and oxygen in the hospitals. The pandemic could not be controlled without peopleís cooperation, he said, adding that all the communities should be included in the governmentís fight against the virus.
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