Jaipur: Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that after villages, now the selection of Swasthya Mitras has been started in urban areas. He said that selection of Swasthya Mitras in urban areas was not started due to COVID-19 but will be started soon so that their services could be taken during the time of coronavirus.

In the second phase, the selection of Swasthya Mitras was to be started in urban areas. Health Minister Sharma said that corona cases have increased in the state at a few places due to super spreaders. To control such cases, special focus is on checking the super spreaders. He said that milk vendors, vegetable vendors, grocers and whoever falls under this category will be checked effectively so that spread of infection could be stopped.

The Health Minister said that soon, beds with oxygen will be increased at all the district hospitals and hospitals attached to medical colleges in the state. He said that the entire emphasis of the state government is on reducing the fatality rate due to corona. In such a situation, patients face more problems due to less saturation of oxygen at night, so directions have been given to deploy trained nursing personnel and staff in all hospitals. He said that it is being considered to motivate nursing personnel who are on night duty.

Dr Sharma said that the government is trying to ensure that there is no shortage of doctors during the time of corona and on normal days. For this, the recruitment process of 2,000 doctors has been completed. The problems being faced in this regard have been resolved and directions have been given to appoint these doctors soon. Similarly, in the recruitment of 12,500 ANMs and GNMs, around 9,000 have been appointed. In the remaining cases, the process of selecting around 2,500 such candidates and the process of giving them appointment will be adopted who are not related to any judicial process.

Dr Sharma said that the ratio of recovery rate in the state is best among the 10 states. The fatality rate in the state at present is declining fast. The mortality rate at present in Rajasthan is 1.4 per cent. He said that Plasma Therapy is also being promoted in the state. Sufficient quantity of life-saving injection worth Rs 40,000 is available, which are being administered free of cost to the patients. The intention of the government is that no person should die of coronavirus and more and more corona positive cases should get negative and lead a normal life. For this, emphasis is being laid on increasing the recovery percentage.