This PPT is on What Went Wrong during the 2nd wave of corona, how the govt should have handled the wave, things to consider so that we can handle many of such future wave efficiently.

1. THE SECOND WAVE IN INDIA

2. THE SCRAMBLE FOR HOSPITAL BEDS
THE PERSONAL TRAGEDIES
MASS CREMATIONS
THE DESPERATE HUNT FOR OXYGEN

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8. SCIENTISTS SAY GENOME
SEQUENCING CAN PICK UP
OUTBREAKS ATLEAST 2 WEEKS
FASTER THAN ANY OTHER
SURVEILANCE, BY ASCERTING IF
CASES IN AN AREA ARE
LINKED.SAY, IF ALL FIVE CASES ARE
RELATED, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
THERE IS ACTIVE TRANSMISSION,
WHICH MEANS A CONTAINMENT
ZONE SHOULD BE CREATED
IMMEDIATELY.
IMPORTANCE OF INSACOG

9. WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE ?
COVID-19
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2020
Inject funds to
expand Genome
sequencing
capacity
Make samples
available quickly. All
labs are under-utilized
because not enough
samples are being sent
by states
Resolve the raw
material crisis. Many
labs still cannot
import the raw
materials needed, an
they have no Indian
alternatives

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"Beds Don't Treat Patients-Doctors Do"

11. WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE ?
COVID-19
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2020
Give final-year medical
students provisional
approval to manage
covid cases in
hospitals and ICUs, at
least in some vital
disciplines
Fast-track hirings to
public health
services and reskill
doctors and nurses
who are out of the
workforce.
'Recognize' and
engage medical
specialists with
diploma in critical
specialties, such as
emergency medicine.

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13. WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE?
COVID-19
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2020
Add more beds,
ICUs and
ventilators and
also open
temporary Covid
facilities.
Ensure that
medical oxygen
supply to hospitals
is maintained
without
disruptions.
Set up a dedicated
portal offering real-
time data on
availability of hospital
beds; for milder cases,
ramp up home care
facilities with tele-
monitoring.

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15. WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE ?
COVID-19
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2020
Streamline
distribution of
Remdesivir and
other drugs after
stepping up
production.
Facilitate import of
any API and
intermediates
needed for drug
production
Invoke compulsory
licensing to
augment
production and
stockpile for
imminent third
wave.

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Number of daily cases in
India at he end of Apr.
2021, up from around
62,000 cases at the start of
the Kumbh Mela on Apr. 1

17. WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE ?
COVID-19
|
2020
No permission should
be given to avoidable
social and religious
public events; if given,
authorities must
ensure strict
enforcement of covid
safety protocols.
All constitutional
bodies, govt. agencies
must
cancel/postpone
events that involve
large gatherings of
people.
The judiciary must
take Suo moto
cognizance of any
violation and step with
corrective directions.

19. India Today Magazine May 17, 2021