₹23000 crore package for improving the infrastructure for testing and treatment, the Prime Minister said that the package will help in strengthening the health infrastructure of northeast. “This package will expedite testing, diagnostics, genome sequencing in northeast.
There is a need to quickly increase the number of beds, oxygen facilities and paediatric care infrastructure in the Northeast.
Hundreds of oxygen plants are being established in the country through PM-CARES and Northeast too got about 150 plants," said Modi requesting the chief ministers to complete the process of establishing these plants quickly.
Noting the capacity of 20 lakh tests per day in the country, the Prime Minister also highlighted the need to augment testing