Most Urgent
16th June 2020
Kind Attn.: LG Saab,
Subject: LG Meeting - Worsening situation in Delhi due to #COVID19
Dear Sir,
The situation in Delhi is worsening day by day. As per the Delhi Govt Health, Bulletin dated 13th June 2020, almost 88% of the active cases, i.e. Cumulative 19,535 patients, out of the Cumulative Active 22,742 cases were under the Home Isolation, and even the rest of the 12% of the positive cases found it difficult to get a suitable & affordable bed or a ventilator in Delhi hospitals.
It clearly shows the inadequacy of even the basic health facilities in Delhi, while the Private hospitals have taken it as the best business opportunity to mint money out of a #pandemic/ Notified Disaster.
In such circumstances, if the projections of July end become the reality, & in case we are not fully prepared to meet the challenge, the city will have to face the stink of dead bodies all over, as happened in various parts of Italy, Spain, Iran, and the USA.
Therefore, the issue now requires your utmost attention, so that there is no shortage of Health facilities, such as Beds, Ventilators, Oxygen concentrators, Medicines, Consumables, Doctors, Nurses, etc. for all the Government hospitals, as well as for various quarantine centers in the making.
Must also look into the Number of Tests as well as the Test Positivity Rate of all the 11 Districts of Delhi @ThePrint:
Please look into the following as well:
1. Please Cap the treatment charges at Private hospitals at BEP, i.e. No profit No Loss basis, as the corporates & even the comparatively smaller private hospitals can not be allowed to encash a Notified Disaster. Telangana has announced CAPPED prices a day ago, though, being the National Capital, we can do even better.
2. Please Cap the Star hotels being engaged at Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 5,000 per day maximum, depending upon the rankings, as even otherwise, there is not much business due to COVID19 scare & most of the properties are almost vacant.
3. Please Cap the smaller hotels at Karol bagh, Pahar Ganj, etc. at Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 per day, providing qualitative facilities to the middle class.
4. Please Provide the beds at various Stadiums, Banquet halls, Local schools & Community centers absolutely Free, while some of these can be Capped at Maximum Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000 per day, depending upon the facilities, with an aim to provide treatment to all the classes of persons.
5. All the Doctors doing private practice in various localities must be ordered to offer an unconditional Free service of 2 to 3 hours per day at the local quarantine centers. They can register the Timings on the First-come-first-served basis. It's the wartime, though the war this time is with a deadly virus.
6. All the local religious bodies can be asked to arrange the Free Food, Langar, etc. for the Quarantine centers of various Schools, Community centers, that are offering Free beds to the patients.
7. All the RWAs, MTAs, NGOs can be asked to manage the outer & administrative activities of various local quarantine centers, while all the inner technicalities, such as Doctors, Nurses, Equipment, Medicines, Consumables, etc. must be provided by the local or central Government.
8. Municipal Corporations must look into waste management, Toilets, cleanliness, sanitization of various facilities on a war footing.
9. The local MLAs, Councillors must act as the nodal officers for local quarantine centers, to look after each & every aspect along with the local SDM's for the ease of various Actions & activities.
10. Police must ensure that various norms are followed strictly such as Masks & Social distancing, as well as various security issues.
11. Last but not the least, Must look into the possibility of a Lockdown very seriously as the situation now is worsening day by day and even a small mistake may lead to huge fatalities, all over.
All the best wishes to the Delhi Health Minister, who has been hospitalized with a high fever.
Thanks, & with best regards,
B S Vohra
President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
www.RWABhagidari.com
In such circumstances, if the projections of July end become the reality, & in case we are not fully prepared to meet the challenge, the city will have to face the stink of dead bodies all over, as happened in various parts of Italy, Spain, Iran, and the USA.
Therefore, the issue now requires your utmost attention, so that there is no shortage of Health facilities, such as Beds, Ventilators, Oxygen concentrators, Medicines, Consumables, Doctors, Nurses, etc. for all the Government hospitals, as well as for various quarantine centers in the making.
Must also look into the Number of Tests as well as the Test Positivity Rate of all the 11 Districts of Delhi @ThePrint:
Please look into the following as well:
1. Please Cap the treatment charges at Private hospitals at BEP, i.e. No profit No Loss basis, as the corporates & even the comparatively smaller private hospitals can not be allowed to encash a Notified Disaster. Telangana has announced CAPPED prices a day ago, though, being the National Capital, we can do even better.
2. Please Cap the Star hotels being engaged at Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 5,000 per day maximum, depending upon the rankings, as even otherwise, there is not much business due to COVID19 scare & most of the properties are almost vacant.
3. Please Cap the smaller hotels at Karol bagh, Pahar Ganj, etc. at Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 per day, providing qualitative facilities to the middle class.
4. Please Provide the beds at various Stadiums, Banquet halls, Local schools & Community centers absolutely Free, while some of these can be Capped at Maximum Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000 per day, depending upon the facilities, with an aim to provide treatment to all the classes of persons.
5. All the Doctors doing private practice in various localities must be ordered to offer an unconditional Free service of 2 to 3 hours per day at the local quarantine centers. They can register the Timings on the First-come-first-served basis. It's the wartime, though the war this time is with a deadly virus.
6. All the local religious bodies can be asked to arrange the Free Food, Langar, etc. for the Quarantine centers of various Schools, Community centers, that are offering Free beds to the patients.
7. All the RWAs, MTAs, NGOs can be asked to manage the outer & administrative activities of various local quarantine centers, while all the inner technicalities, such as Doctors, Nurses, Equipment, Medicines, Consumables, etc. must be provided by the local or central Government.
8. Municipal Corporations must look into waste management, Toilets, cleanliness, sanitization of various facilities on a war footing.
9. The local MLAs, Councillors must act as the nodal officers for local quarantine centers, to look after each & every aspect along with the local SDM's for the ease of various Actions & activities.
10. Police must ensure that various norms are followed strictly such as Masks & Social distancing, as well as various security issues.
11. Last but not the least, Must look into the possibility of a Lockdown very seriously as the situation now is worsening day by day and even a small mistake may lead to huge fatalities, all over.
All the best wishes to the Delhi Health Minister, who has been hospitalized with a high fever.
Thanks, & with best regards,
B S Vohra
President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
www.RWABhagidari.com
