Telangana geared up to fight Covid third wave: Somesh Kumar

Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said tenders had been floated for setting up liquid medical oxygen plants in all government hospitals and that the government was also fully geared up to tackle the third wave of Covid-19 if and when it occurs.

The Chief Secretary said that as per the directions of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, the government had equipped the Health Department with human resources, infrastructure and other systems. Further, all the beds in government hospitals were being provided with oxygen facilities. Sufficient tankers had also been procured, he said.

Participating in a webinar organised by the



Telangana State Medical Council from BRKR Bhavan on Tuesday, Somesh Kumar said the Chief Minister has been leading from the front the administration’s fight against Covid 19.

The Chief Minister personally visited Gandhi and MGM hospitals and interacted with the patients, which was a morale booster for the patients as well as the medical fraternity, he said. The government under the dynamic leadership of the Chief Minister has taken some innovative steps which resulted in Covid positive cases dropping, besides lower fatalities compared to several other States in the country, he informed.