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Posted: May 10, 2020 2:26:01 AM
“Classify patients and, if possible, suggest home quarantine where possible. If not, switch more people to institutional quarantine,” said Iqbal Singh Chahal. (File)
On his first day in office after assuming the post of Mumbai municipal commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal called on officials to step up tracing contacts in slums, aggressively implement isolation, and move more high-risk contacts to quarantine. institutional.
After an on-site assessment of the arrangements in Dharavi, Chahal along with additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani spoke with G / north Ward health personnel involved in tracing contacts in the pockets of slums. Chahal asked officials to classify Covid-19 patients into those of housing societies and slums.
“Classify patients and, if possible, suggest home quarantine where possible. If not, switch more people to institutional quarantine,” said Chahal.
After cases began to be detected in Dharavi and other slums in Mumbai, the high population density in these areas has raised fears of community transmission. In Dharavi alone, there are 833 cases, including 27 deaths, with approximately
8.5 lakh people crowded into an area of 2.4 square kilometers.
Advocating for aggressive isolation and institutional quarantine, Chahal visited Mukund Nagar and Shastri Nagar within Dharavi, who represents the largest number of cases in the area, and spoke with residents. Chahal asked police personnel to strictly implement the closure. Dharavi’s first case was reported on April 1 by Mukund Nagar, who has since been sealed.
On Saturday, the newly appointed municipal commissioner also visited Nair Hospital in Central Mumbai, Covid-19’s largest facility. Chahal, putting on a PPE suit, met with Covid-19 patients admitted to the hospital and asked about the visit to the doctor, food and medicine, among others. He asked doctors, nurses, and other staff to raise any issues that need to be addressed.
At the epicenter of the pandemic, the city has so far reported 12,142 cases and 462 deaths. Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray transferred Praveen Pardeshi on Friday as additional chief secretary of the Urban Development department. Chahal, who was the secretary of Urban Development, succeeded Pardeshi as the new civic chief of Mumbai.
On Saturday, former Managing Director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, Ashwini Bhide, and former Thane Civic Commissioner, Sanjeev Jaiswal, also took over as the two additional new City Commissioners who replace Jaishree Bhoj and Abbasaheb Jarhad, who were also transferred by Thackeray on Friday.
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