Four-member central team visits Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur hospitals

PATNA: The four-member central team which had come to Bihar to review Covid situation visited Sitamarhi on Tuesday and reviewed facilities at the sadar hospital. Sources said the team also visited a Covid ward made at Women’s Polytechnic College in Sitamarhi.
At the sadar hospital, the central team inspected beds, ICUs and took stock of ventilator and oxygen availability.They also gathered information about Covid tests being done at the hospital. One of the team members, Dr Hemant Mahajan, told TOI, “We will submit the report to the state government and the Centre after the review. We cannot reveal anything as of now.”
The central team also visited Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital at Muzaffarpur. On Monday, the team had interacted with the officials of the health department for nearly eight hours in Patna. They had also talked to the civil surgeons, who were in a routine videoconference with the health department officials. “The members of the central team were satisfied with the measures the state health department has taken in its fight against the virus,” health department additional chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit said.