The States and Union Territories (UTs) would be asked to retain and use the infrastructure put in place for managing the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. He would be writing to the stakeholders in this regard.
Infrastructure, including beds and ventilators, should be kept functional and in use to ensure that they were readily available in case COVID-19 numbers rose again locally and also that they were used to benefit patients who came in with other ailments requiring hospitalisation.
“We will be writing to the States and Union Territories about this. The matter is under discussion and details of the proposal are being ironed out,’’ the Minister said about the infrastructure that was put in place under the Centre-State partnership during the pandemic.
