Marriage and Funerals gatherings restricted to 20 : Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan

Mohali District Administration goes strict on enforcement of COVID safety protocols

• Imposes additional restrictions to check the spread of virus

• *Marriage and Funerals gatherings restricted to twenty*

• *Police and Revenue Officers to conduct surprise checks in markets, marriage palaces and crowded areas for challaning*

• *Special Naakas set up for stricter enforcement in Containment Zones*

• *Cars plying in curfew hours to be impounded*

SAS Nagar, April 16:

In wake of rapid spike in the magnitude of pandemic, District Administration focuses on stricter enforcement of COVID safety protocols; imposes additional restrictions to check the spread of virus. The treatment, vaccination and outreach activities have been increased multi-fold.

Giving details, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan informed that gathering in marriages and funerals in the district is henceforth restricted to twenty persons and special naakas are being set up around Containment Zones to maintain a strict vigil over unauthorized movement in or out of containment zones.

In addition, Police and Revenue Officers would conduct surprise checks in markets and crowded areas for challaning of the protocol offenders. They would also conduct joint inspections of Marriage Palaces wherein not just the guests found violating safety protocols would be penalised but action would also be taken against the owner of the marriage palace for failing to ensure compliance to the guidelines in his premises.

Police officials will impound cars plying in curfew hours and ensure enforcement of curfew at strict 9 pm, including shutting down of liquor vends. Joint teams of civil and police officers would keep a tab on Home Isolation and Geo-fencing Breaches by COVID patients.

“We have constituted additional ten Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) per subdivision for quick response to distress calls. They would ensure COVID kit distribution and monitor health of COVID positive patients”, informed DC.

As far as treatment

facility is concerned orders have been passed to hospitals in the district to increase L2, L3 beds and to set up exclusive dedicated blocks within hospitals for COVID care. We are also monitoring Oxygen supply to prevent shortage and over-pricing.

Additional IT teams have been deployed for better data management of patients. They would facilitate Data entry, remove duplication of entries, weed out outside cases and map cases to identify hotspots.

The vaccination and outreach efforts have been increased multi-fold and the Panchayat Secretaries, BLOs, Election Supervisors have been roped in to reach out to public for vaccination, informed Dayal

District Information and Public Relations Office, SAS Nagar

*Mohali District Administration goes strict on enforcement of COVID safety protocols*

• *Imposes additional restrictions to check the spread of virus*

• *Marriage and Funerals gatherings restricted to twenty*

• *Police and Revenue Officers to conduct surprise checks in markets, marriage palaces and crowded areas for challaning*

• *Special Naakas set up for stricter enforcement in Containment Zones*

• *Cars plying in curfew hours to be impounded*

SAS Nagar, April 16:

In wake of rapid spike in the magnitude of pandemic, District Administration focuses on stricter enforcement of COVID safety protocols; imposes additional restrictions to check the spread of virus. The treatment, vaccination and outreach activities have been increased multi-fold.

Giving details, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan informed that
gathering in marriages and funerals in the district is henceforth restricted to twenty persons and special naakas are being set up around Containment Zones to maintain a strict vigil over unauthorized movement in or out of containment zones.

In addition, Police and Revenue Officers would conduct surprise checks in markets and crowded areas for challaning of the protocol offenders. They would also conduct joint inspections of Marriage Palaces wherein not just the guests found violating safety protocols would be penalised but action would also be taken against the owner of the marriage palace for failing to ensure compliance to the guidelines in his premises.

Police officials will impound cars plying in curfew hours and ensure enforcement of curfew at strict 9 pm, including shutting down of liquor vends. Joint teams of civil and police officers would keep a tab on Home Isolation and Geo-fencing Breaches by COVID patients.

“We have constituted additional ten Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) per subdivision for quick response to distress calls. They would ensure COVID kit distribution and monitor health of COVID positive patients”, informed DC.

As far as treatment
facility is concerned orders have been passed to hospitals in the district to increase L2, L3 beds and to set up exclusive dedicated blocks within hospitals for COVID care. We are also monitoring Oxygen supply to prevent shortage and over-pricing.

Additional IT teams have been deployed for better data management of patients. They would facilitate Data entry, remove duplication of entries, weed out outside cases and map cases to identify hotspots.

The vaccination and outreach efforts have been increased multi-fold and the Panchayat Secretaries, BLOs, Election Supervisors have been roped in to reach out to public for vaccination, informed Dayalan।

• *No reason to panic, there are sufficient COVID care beds in Mohali- Girish Dayalan*

• *Seven private hospitals in the district ordered to reserve at least 50% beds for COVID patients*

SAS Nagar, April 16:

Re-assuring the public that there is no reason to panic as there are sufficient COVID care beds in Mohali, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan informed that formal orders have been issued so that as a cautionary measure at least 50% beds are reserved for covid patients in private hospitals. Seven hospitals which have been assessed by experts to have provided quality COVID care in the past including Max, Fortis, Ivy, Indus, Sohana, Grecian and Mayo have been directed for compliance, said he.

He said that the district possesses minimal public health infrastructure, given that the District Hospital is under re-construction as a Medical College – which will take time, most of the ICU beds/ ventilators (L2/L3 i.e. Tertiary Care) are in the Private Sector. So, in view of the emergent nature and potential magnitude of the pandemic and for the purpose of assisting, protecting or providing relief to the community and to put in place measures for provision of proper medical care for the COVID19 positive/ suspected cases in the district, the seven aforesaid hospitals have been directed to set aside atleast 50% of their total bed capacity as isolation beds and wards for COVID care. These hospitals shall also put certain ambulances exclusively attending to COVID19 patients/ suspected cases.

Besides, no Private hospital in the district shall refuse admission/ treatment to patients of COVID19 referred by the Civil Surgeon, Mohali. These hospitals shall ensure that staff – doctors, nurses, and paramedics etc. are all available on duty and no one shall refuse treatment to COVID19 positive/ suspected cases. The management of these hospitals shall be held personally responsible for compliance of these directions.

Failure to adhere to these directions shall attract criminal penalty as per the provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code.