They will also be trained in patient care, diaper changing, use of catheter and bedpan, sample collection, and use of oxygen mask. The government believes that better manpower support will boost efficiency of doctors. The community nursing assistants to doctors and nurses. They will be assigned taks by doctors and nurses and will not take any decision on their own, the chief minister pointed out. For the past 10 days, Delhi government has been ramping up healthcare and oxygen infrastructure against a possible thrid Covid-19 wave. While Delhi government has added 22 oxygen plants, taking the total count of such facilities in the capital to 33, arrangements have also been made for storage facilities, and oxygen concentrators and cylinders. The capital has received a fresh supply of Covid-19 vaccines for the 18-44 years age group. Delhi got 62,130 doses of Covaxin and 1,73,457 doses of Covishield on Tuesday and 2.44 lakh doses are now available for the 18-44 group, Aam AAdmi Party MLA Atihsi said on Wednesday. The city has six days stock for Covaxin and 11v days of Covishield doses, she said. The AAP Government had announced on Tuesday that the vaccination for the 18-44 group had been hit again in Delhi as half of the vaccine centres for this category had to be closed due to shortage of vaccines. Adequate stock is now available in Delhi for the above years category seven days of Covaxin and 42 days of Covishield doses. On Tuesday people were vaccinated, out of which people got the first dose and the second. So far people have been vaccinated which 14.88 lakh people have received both doses. Atishi said the only reason for the slowing down of the vaccination drive was the short supply of vaccine for the 18-44 years old. More than half the vaccination centres were closed for the youth on Tuesday.
