Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said, the capital faced an extreme challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, but its health system did not collapse due to “reforms” in recent years and better management.
According to Kejriwal, the health infrastructure collapsed in many developed countries and cities like New York, but in Delhi the measures like home isolation prevented such a challenging situation.
Under home isolation over 3.12 lakh people recovered that was started first in Delhi, where the first plasma bank in the world opened. So far, 4,929 people have received plasma therapy, said Kejriwal.
कोरोना के मुश्किल हालातों में भी हमने दिल्ली की जनता को मिलने वाली सुविधाएं बंद नहीं होने दी। pic.twitter.com/KfUBvH6ZpR
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 25, 2021
The chief minister said despite drying up of tax revenue due to the pandemic, the AAP government managed to pay salaries to its employees and continue its flagship schemes, including free power and electricity supply.
About 38 lakh households got zero power bills in the last billing cycle, while 14 lakh domestic consumers received zero bills for water supply, he said at the Delhi government function, where he also unfurled the national flag.
By March, Kejriwal said, the Delhi government would roll out doorstep delivery of ration scheme, which would “revolutionise” the ration distribution system.
Health cards will also be issued by the government, under which all health records of a person would be stored.
He said, the private and the government hospitals will be connected to the Health Information Management System (HIMS) and people will be able to get online appointment to consult doctors without waiting in queues at the hospitals.
The projects for cleaning of the Yamuna river were also running in time and the government would shift slum dwellers in flats in coming years, said the chief minister.
