Highlights
- “Being the CM even I was not aware of the status of our health facilities”
- CM Khandu laid the foundation stone of a 200-bedded speciality unit
- Pandemic enabled us to revamp the health sector in the last 18 months: CM
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday (August 22) admitted that the pandemic has been an ‘eye-opener’ for the state government prompting it to revamp the health sector in the last 18 months which it could not do in decades. The government has ‘learnt the lesson the hard way’ due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and is developing the sector through the creation of infrastructure.
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It was this pandemic that enabled us to ‘right’ the ‘wrong’ and revamp the health sector in the last one and half years that we couldn’t do in decades, the chief minister said.
CM Khandu said this while laying the foundation stone of a 200-bedded speciality unit of the Ramakrishna Hospital here.
Being the chief minister even I was not aware of the status of our health facilities, especially at the ground level. Due to the pandemic, we repeated reviews, consultations, and meetings at all levels, which subsequently revealed the poor condition of our health infrastructure. We are completely overhauling infrastructure and facilities of all the district hospitals. We have recruited and will continue recruiting sufficient doctors, including specialists, nurses of all categories, paramedics, and other sanitary and assisting staff as required, he said.
CM Khandu also informed that the government has decided to select and develop one hospital each in every assembly constituency with all facilities. Applauding the role of Ramakrishna Mission Hospital here in the fight against COVID-19, the chief minister said doctors, nurses, paramedics, and all staff of the facility had done everything possible for taking care of the sick and needy during the pandemic. People of the state, particularly residents of Itanagar, remain indebted to the R K Mission, he said.
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CM Khandu also dedicated the newly installed Siemens Magnetom 1.3 Tesla MRI machine of the hospital to the people. Acknowledging the contribution of the R K Mission in the health and education sectors, the chief minister said it was ‘payback’ time for the state government.
Therefore, we decided that the proposed 200 bedded multi-specialty hospital should be established as part of the R K Mission Hospital, CM Khandu said.
The Rama Krishna Mission has contributed significantly for the welfare of Arunachali people.
Now is the time to give back.
Laid the foundation for 200 Bed Multi-Speciality Hospital, funded by the State Govt, on the auspicious occasion of #ShravanPurnima & #Rakshabandhan. pic.twitter.com/UKe8vYAxe5
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) August 22, 2021
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The chief minister requested the management to set a target of two years for completion of the project so that it can start serving people at the earliest. He suggested that the upcoming hospital building should be environment-friendly and be constructed keeping in mind the natural ambience.
Remembering his late father and former chief minister, Dorjee Khandu’s close association with the hospital (the facility has a ward named after Dorjee Khandu), the chief minister assured the state government’s support to it in the years to come. As a gesture of appreciation and gratitude, he donated Rs 20 lakh to the hospital.
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World
21,18,41,976Cases
17,57,29,893Active
3,16,80,626Recovered
44,31,457Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 195 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 21,18,41,976 and 44,31,457 have died; 17,57,29,893 are active cases and 3,16,80,626 have recovered as on August 23, 2021 at 5:00 am.
India
3,24,49,306 25,072Cases
3,33,92419,474Active
3,16,80,626 44,157Recovered
4,34,756 389Deaths
In India, there are 3,24,49,306 confirmed cases including 4,34,756 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,33,924 and 3,16,80,626 have recovered as on August 23, 2021 at 2:30 am.
State Details
State | Cases | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maharashtra |
64,24,651 4,141 |
56,690 784 |
62,31,999 4,780 |
1,35,962 145 |
Kerala |
38,14,305 10,402 |
1,63,745 15,250 |
36,31,066 25,586 |
19,494 66 |
Karnataka |
29,38,616 1,189 |
20,582 289 |
28,80,889 1,456 |
37,145 22 |
Tamil Nadu |
26,00,885 1,630 |
19,171 220 |
25,47,005 1,827 |
34,709 23 |
Andhra Pradesh |
20,02,340 1,085 |
14,677 464 |
19,73,940 1,541 |
13,723 8 |
Uttar Pradesh |
17,09,119 19 |
373 34 |
16,85,954 53 |
22,792 |
West Bengal |
15,42,986 561 |
9,461 133 |
15,15,161 686 |
18,364 8 |
Delhi |
14,37,317 24 |
398 32 |
14,11,840 56 |
25,079 |
Chhattisgarh |
10,04,144 27 |
863 34 |
9,89,728 60 |
13,553 1 |
Odisha |
10,00,937 853 |
8,277 294 |
9,85,302 1,078 |
7,358 69 |
Rajasthan |
9,54,023 5 |
152 15 |
9,44,917 20 |
8,954 |
Gujarat |
8,25,302 15 |
182 2 |
8,15,041 17 |
10,079 |
Madhya Pradesh |
7,92,101 5 |
86 2 |
7,81,499 6 |
10,516 1 |
Haryana |
7,70,347 16 |
676 1 |
7,60,004 14 |
9,667 1 |
Bihar |
7,25,588 20 |
141 6 |
7,15,798 26 |
9,649 |
Telangana |
6,54,989 231 |
6,384 224 |
6,44,747 453 |
3,858 2 |
Punjab |
6,00,266 41 |
488 5 |
5,83,426 46 |
16,352 |
Assam |
5,84,434 336 |
8,011 213 |
5,70,847 539 |
5,576 10 |
Jharkhand |
3,47,730 5 |
177 36 |
3,42,421 41 |
5,132 |
Uttarakhand |
3,42,749 12 |
317 4 |
3,35,055 16 |
7,377 |
Jammu And Kashmir |
3,24,202 107 |
1,165 6 |
3,18,635 100 |
4,402 1 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2,11,746 114 |
2,074 202 |
2,06,103 310 |
3,569 6 |
Goa |
1,73,164 76 |
899 16 |
1,69,080 91 |
3,185 1 |
Puducherry |
1,22,892 60 |
847 61 |
1,20,237 121 |
1,808 |
Manipur |
1,10,942 285 |
3,994 145 |
1,05,197 426 |
1,751 4 |
Tripura |
82,095 45 |
1,095 154 |
80,213 197 |
787 2 |
Meghalaya |
73,765 317 |
3,062 74 |
69,425 382 |
1,278 9 |
Chandigarh |
65,066 3,004 |
41 3 |
64,213 3,007 |
812 |
Mizoram |
52,472 292 |
5,982 586 |
46,290 872 |
200 6 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
52,214 49 |
1,260 122 |
50,695 169 |
259 2 |
Nagaland |
29,589 35 |
975 19 |
28,004 53 |
610 1 |
Sikkim |
29,314 70 |
1,583 47 |
27,366 116 |
365 1 |
Ladakh |
20,491 |
61 7 |
20,223 7 |
207 |
Dadra And Nagar Haveli |
10,659 |
4 0 |
10,651 |
4 |
Lakshadweep |
10,309 1 |
23 3 |
10,235 4 |
51 |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands |
7,557 |
8 1 |
7,420 1 |
129 |