Ten dead after blaze at makeshift COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada; CM orders probe
4 years, 4 months ago

Ten dead after blaze at makeshift COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada; CM orders probe

Firstpost  

The PMO announced that an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of those who have lost their lives At least ten are dead and several others feared trapped after a fire broke out at a private hotel that was being used as a makeshift COVID-19 facility in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada district on Sunday morning. — Narendra Modi August 9, 2020 Union Home Minister Amit Shah also took to Twitter to express “deep anguished”. Deeply anguished by the news of tragic fire accident at a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. — Amit Shah August 9, 2020 Later in the day, the prime minister’s office announced that an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each from PM National Relief Fund would be given to the next of kin of those who have lost their lives.

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Jhansi hospital fire: PM Modi announces ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for next of kin of each deceased
1 month, 1 week ago

Jhansi hospital fire: PM Modi announces ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for next of kin of each deceased

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the death of children in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased. At least 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of the medical …

Centre Was Not Prepared for Covid Pandemic: Owaisi
8 months, 1 week ago

Centre Was Not Prepared for Covid Pandemic: Owaisi

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi blamed the Centre for its lack of preparedness during the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in oxygen shortages and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He highlighted the failures of the government, including the grim scenes of bodies floating in rivers and migrant labourers perishing on railway tracks due to a lack of oxygen and …

Two COVID-19 deaths reported in north Kerala, Health dept. issues alert
1 year ago

Two COVID-19 deaths reported in north Kerala, Health dept. issues alert

The Hindu  

Two persons from north Kerala districts died of COVID-19 in the past few days, prompting the Health department to issue an alert against the infection across the State. Abdulla succumbed to the infection while undergoing treatment for cough and breathing difficulties at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Saturday. In the wake of a rise in the number of fever …

Ready, or not: The Hindu Editorial on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and India’s state of preparedness
1 year, 8 months ago

Ready, or not: The Hindu Editorial on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and India’s state of preparedness

The Hindu  

The better part of management is preparedness. On April 12, a total of 7,830 new cases were reported in a 24-hour period, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data, possibly the highest in over 200 days. However, health systems can scarcely afford to be under prepared, especially considering the recent traumatic experience of a raging pandemic taking a huge toll. …

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks
1 year, 8 months ago

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: AP health minister Vidadala Rajini on Friday disclosed that during the past two weeks, medical authorities have tested 15,096 people and found 267 of them with symptoms of Covid-19. Participating in a country-wide video conference with union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, along with ministers of other states, Rajini underlined that Chief Minister Y.S. Dr Mandaviya held a video …

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks
1 year, 8 months ago

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: AP health minister Vidadala Rajini on Friday disclosed that during past two weeks, medical authorities have tested 15,096 people and found 267 of them with symptoms of Covid-19. Participating in a country-wide video conference with union health minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, along with ministers of other states, Rajini underlined that Chief Minister Y.S. Dr. Mandaviya had held a video …

PM Modi to review Covid-19 situation at high-level meeting today
2 years ago

PM Modi to review Covid-19 situation at high-level meeting today

Live Mint  

PM Narendra Modi to review the situation related to Covid-19 and related aspects in the country at a high-level meeting today afternoon, news agency ANI reported. The meeting comes a day after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the situation and asked people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour, including wearing masks in crowded places, and getting vaccinated. Coronavirus: Catch all the …

Andhra Pradesh: Six killed, 12 injured in fire mishap at chemical factory
2 years, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Six killed, 12 injured in fire mishap at chemical factory

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: At least six persons were killed and 12 others grievously injured when a reactor at Porus Laboratories Private Limited exploded. The explosion took place when factory workers were adding 350 kg of mono methyl amine gas to 1,500 kg phthalic anhydride in a 3 KL capacity reactor. The firm maintained fire safety norms and kept five lakh litres of …

Greece: Man injured in COVID-19 hospital fire dies
2 years, 8 months ago

Greece: Man injured in COVID-19 hospital fire dies

The Independent  

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Greece: Hospital fire in COVID-19 ward leaves 1 dead
2 years, 8 months ago

Greece: Hospital fire in COVID-19 ward leaves 1 dead

The Independent  

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Andhra Pradesh govt issues stricter Covid curbs as cases mount. Details here
2 years, 11 months ago

Andhra Pradesh govt issues stricter Covid curbs as cases mount. Details here

Live Mint  

The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday issued stricter Covid-related restrictions in view of the spurt in number of cases over the past few days. At a high-level review meeting here, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the Health Department officials to enforce other restrictions as well and ensure people strictly followed Covid Appropriate Behaviour to check the spread …

Karnataka reports 1,187 Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths in 24 hours. Details here
2 years, 11 months ago

Karnataka reports 1,187 Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths in 24 hours. Details here

Live Mint  

Karnataka today reported 1,187 Covid-19 cases and six deaths, while 275 people were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,60,890. A majority of Covid-19 cases were reported from Bengaluru Urban, which contributed 923 Covid-19 infections and three deaths. The Karnataka government is mulling 'tough rules' to arrest the spread of Covid-19 as daily infections are starting …

Fire at Romanian COVID-19 hospital kills two elderly patients
3 years, 1 month ago

Fire at Romanian COVID-19 hospital kills two elderly patients

Al Jazeera  

Deadly blaze at hospital in central city of Ploiesti marks fourth such incident at healthcare facilities within a year. A fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Romania has killed at least two people, according to local authorities, the latest in a string of deadly blazes at healthcare facilities in the country over the past year. “The fire was extinguished fast, …

Maharashtra hospital fire: Several COVID patients died of smoke, some of burns, say police
3 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra hospital fire: Several COVID patients died of smoke, some of burns, say police

India TV News  

A day after a major fire at the ICU of a civil hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district killed 11 people, it has emerged that some of the victims died due to smoke that engulfed the ward following the blaze, according to a police official. The blaze erupted around 11 am on Saturday in the Intensive Care Unit ward where 17 …

11 dead in blaze in Covid ICU ward in Ahmednagar
3 years, 1 month ago

11 dead in blaze in Covid ICU ward in Ahmednagar

Hindustan Times  

At least 11 elderly Covid-positive patients, including four women, admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of the civil hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district died in a fire on Saturday morning. The fire broke out at 11 am in the ground floor of the hospital where 17 patients were admitted, at least 15 of whom were on ventilator or oxygen support. …

In Wake of Ahmednagar Blaze Tragedy, a Look at Fire Disasters at Covid Hospitals That Wrecked States
3 years, 1 month ago

In Wake of Ahmednagar Blaze Tragedy, a Look at Fire Disasters at Covid Hospitals That Wrecked States

News 18  

Another fire tragedy hit Maharashtra as ten Covid-19 patients died in a blaze that broke out in the Intensive Care Unit of the Civil Hospital in Ahmednagar on Saturday. Bharuch Covid Hospital Fire At least eighteen persons including 16 COVID-19 patients died in a fire at a hospital at Bharuch in Gujarat in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. …

Maharashtra: 11 dead as fire breaks out at Ahmednagar district hospital, CM orders detailed inquiry
3 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra: 11 dead as fire breaks out at Ahmednagar district hospital, CM orders detailed inquiry

India TV News  

At least 11 coronavirus patients died after a major fire broke out in the ICU ward of the civil hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar on Saturday, officials said. Ahmednagar district collector Rajendra Bhosale confirmed that 11 patients died and one patient was critical after the blaze erupted in the ICU section of the civil hospital, where COVID-19 patients were admitted. CM …

From Covid Hospital Fire to Kamala Mills Inferno: Tragic Fire Incidents That Left Mumbai Gutted
3 years, 2 months ago

From Covid Hospital Fire to Kamala Mills Inferno: Tragic Fire Incidents That Left Mumbai Gutted

News 18  

In the city of Mumbai, where sky hugging skyscrapers co-inhibit with one of Asia’s largest slums, the desperate need to maximize space often takes precedence over safety. Often, this utter disregard for rules and regulations, lead to tragic incidents and Mumbai is frequently in the news for two very tragic kinds of accidents — building collapse, and fire incidents. Bandra …

Romanian hospital blaze kills at least 7 COVID patients
3 years, 2 months ago

Romanian hospital blaze kills at least 7 COVID patients

India TV News  

A hospital fire in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least seven COVID-19 patients Friday, prompting concerns over the state of the country’s ageing health care infrastructure amid the pandemic. “It is a terrible new drama that confirms the deficient infrastructure of the Romanian health system.” Iohannis said Romania’s “outdated” health care system has been put under “unimaginable …

India reports 32,937 fresh COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths; Union health minister arrives in Kerala to review situation
3 years, 4 months ago

India reports 32,937 fresh COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths; Union health minister arrives in Kerala to review situation

Firstpost  

India’s toll rose to 4,31,642 while total caseload is now at 3,22,25,513. The number of active cases declined by 3,389 to 3,81,947, while 3,14,11,924 patients have recovered from the disease India’s coronavirus caseload mounted to 3,22,25,513 on Monday with 32,937 fresh infections, while the active cases came down to 3,81,947, the lowest in 145 days, according to Union health ministry …

With 50,000 beds Andhra Pradesh gets ready to face third COVID-19 wave in August
3 years, 5 months ago

With 50,000 beds Andhra Pradesh gets ready to face third COVID-19 wave in August

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government is getting ready to tackle the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic, which is likely to erupt in the third week of August, by arranging some 50,000 beds and also strengthening all medical and health infrastructure in the state. The health authorities say that as the number of Coronavirus infections and the related deaths are rising …

Modi cautions on possible third wave of Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Modi cautions on possible third wave of Covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Crowded marketplaces and hill stations may be good for a revival of the economy, but they are also a cause of worry and an invitation for a possible Covid-19 “third wave”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he expressed concern over people crowding at hill stations and markets without wearing masks or observing the social distancing …

Top news of the day: Government says second COVID-19 wave not over yet; BJP MLAs disrupt Governor’s speech in Bengal Assembly, and more
3 years, 5 months ago

Top news of the day: Government says second COVID-19 wave not over yet; BJP MLAs disrupt Governor’s speech in Bengal Assembly, and more

The Hindu  

Seventy-one districts reported COVID case positivity rate of more than 10% in the week from June 23 to 29, the government said, adding that the second wave of COVID-19 is not over. BJP MLAs led by Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, stood up on their seats and held up photos of party workers allegedly killed during post poll violence as …

WATCH | Fire breaks out at AIIMS New Delhi, Covid lab gutted
3 years, 6 months ago

WATCH | Fire breaks out at AIIMS New Delhi, Covid lab gutted

India Today  

A fire broke out at the Convergence Block of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on Wednesday. Sunil Chaudhary, deputy chief fire officer, Delhi Fire Service, confirmed the same to India Today. #WATCH | A fire breaks out at the ninth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Delhi. ALSO READ | Covid …

A detailed response to the Lancet blaming PM Modi for the Covid-19 crisis
3 years, 6 months ago

A detailed response to the Lancet blaming PM Modi for the Covid-19 crisis

Op India  

Renowned medical journal The Lancet has started to publish a lot of propaganda articles against the Modi government in India. The table below shows Covid-related data to population and economy : – Country Population Covid cases Covid deaths Deaths per million Population density per sq.km Per capita GNI in USD USA 33,10,02,651 3,41,54,305 6,11,020 1836 36 65,850 EU 445250514 3,22,59,542 …

Assam doctor assaulted after death of Covid patient; 3 held
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam doctor assaulted after death of Covid patient; 3 held

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: A group of people assaulted a doctor at a hospital in Hojai district of Assam following the death of a Covid-19 patient on Tuesday, police said. Hojai Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha said that a critically ill Covid-19 patient succumbed to the disease at Udali Covid Care Centre on Tuesday afternoon. A video of the attack which has gone …

Deceased Covid patient's kin attack junior doctor in Assam, IMA demands action
3 years, 6 months ago

Deceased Covid patient's kin attack junior doctor in Assam, IMA demands action

India Today  

A young doctor was allegedly attacked on Tuesday by family members of a deceased Covid-19 patient at a Covid care centre in Assam's Hojai district. Assam Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Dr Numal Momin told Aajtak/India Today TV over the phone that it was the doctor's first day on duty in the rural area after completion of his MBBS course. https://t.co/HwQfbWwYmn— …

Volunteers lead Covid-19 fight in Bengaluru while braving personal losses
3 years, 7 months ago

Volunteers lead Covid-19 fight in Bengaluru while braving personal losses

Hindustan Times  

At a time when Bengaluru, like rest of the country, is battling the surging second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, volunteers from across the city have come forward to help residents while braving personal losses. “I have been helping to give decent burial to several victims of Covid-19, but when it came to my uncle, there was no one to help …

India reports record one-day COVID deaths as Modi’s rating falls
3 years, 7 months ago

India reports record one-day COVID deaths as Modi’s rating falls

Al Jazeera  

India sees 4,529 deaths in last 24 hours as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings fall to a new low, according to a survey. India has reported a record 4,529 deaths caused by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours while new cases rose by 267,334, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings fall to a new low, according to …

Uttarakhand hospitals warned against masking Covid-19 deaths, data
3 years, 7 months ago

Uttarakhand hospitals warned against masking Covid-19 deaths, data

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand hospitals’ failure to report at least 200 Covid-19 related deaths has led to a warning by health experts against the “masking” of data, saying, it’s continuation could adversely affect the fight against the pandemic in the hill state. The warning comes after the state health department noticed that at least five hospitals and health facilities treating Covid-19 patients didn’t …

More than 70 patients die at Indian state’s biggest Covid facility because of oxygen shortage
3 years, 7 months ago

More than 70 patients die at Indian state’s biggest Covid facility because of oxygen shortage

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Seventy-five patients have died at …

Andhra CM writes to PM Modi, blames delay in oxygen supply from TN, Karnataka for Tirupati deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

Andhra CM writes to PM Modi, blames delay in oxygen supply from TN, Karnataka for Tirupati deaths

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that the delay in oxygen supply from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka was what led to the Tirupati hospital incident. At least 11 patients undergoing treatment died at the Sri Venkateswara Ramnarayan Ruia government hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati on Monday allegedly due to unstable …

PM Modi undertakes ‘comprehensive’ review of Covid-19 situation
3 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi undertakes ‘comprehensive’ review of Covid-19 situation

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a “comprehensive” review meeting on Thursday over the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the country, and was briefed about districts with high burden of cases of the coronavirus disease, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a press release. Prime Minister Narendra Modi The PMO noted that Prime Minister Modi was informed about the 12 states whose …

PM Modi Dials Four CMs, Two LGs to Review Covid-19 Situation
3 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi Dials Four CMs, Two LGs to Review Covid-19 Situation

News 18  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Telangana about the COVID-19 situation in their respective states, government sources said. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, Andhra Pradesh is among the ten states/UTs accounting for over 70 per cent of new daily cases reported in the …

Andhra: YSRCP MLA from Tirupati performs last rites of 21 Covid victims deserted by families
3 years, 7 months ago

Andhra: YSRCP MLA from Tirupati performs last rites of 21 Covid victims deserted by families

India Today  

At a time when stigma prevails over the last rites of victims of the novel coronavirus, a Tirupati MLA in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district performed the last rites of Covid-19 patients whose bodies were either left unclaimed or abandoned by families. Bhumana Karunakar Reddy visited the Sri Venkateswara Ramnarain Ruia Government General Hospital mortuary where 21 bodies of Covid-19 patients …

6 patients die in Bengaluru, Kalaburagi as oxygen crisis deepens in Karnataka
3 years, 7 months ago

6 patients die in Bengaluru, Kalaburagi as oxygen crisis deepens in Karnataka

India Today  

The oxygen crisis deepened in parts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, with hospitals raising concerns over the gap in oxygen supply. A day after 24 deaths were reported in Chamarajanagar district allegedly due to oxygen shortage, two patients died allegedly due to shortage of oxygen at Arka Hospital in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Tuesday. A few medical centres in …

India COVID crisis: ‘We tried 15 hospitals before my mother died’
3 years, 7 months ago

India COVID crisis: ‘We tried 15 hospitals before my mother died’

Al Jazeera  

Despite having the money to pay for treatment, one family struggled to find a hospital bed for their 61-year-old mother who lost her life to the virus. “We knocked on the doors of at least 15 hospitals, tapped all our networks and contacts to organise treatment for my mother,” says Oberoi’s daughter, Vandana Paliwal, 38, a schoolteacher in West Delhi. …

Hospital fire kills 18 virus patients as India steps up jabs
3 years, 7 months ago

Hospital fire kills 18 virus patients as India steps up jabs

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients early Saturday, as the country grappling with the worst outbreak yet stepped up a vaccination drive for all adults even as some states said they don’t have enough jabs. The health minister for the capital New Delhi, Satyender Jain, said earlier this week that …

18 killed in massive fire at hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch; patients shifted elsewhere
3 years, 7 months ago

18 killed in massive fire at hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch; patients shifted elsewhere

India TV News  

At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday. The 12 patients in the COVID-19 ward died due to the fire and resultant smoke, Bharuch SP Rajendrasinh Chudasama said. PM Modi expresses condolences Expressing pain over the fire incident, Prime Minister Modi in a tweet said, …

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's Covid-19 death toll soars
3 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's Covid-19 death toll soars

India Today  

Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves. India is in the midst of a second wave of coronavirus infections that has seen at least 300,000 people test positive each day for the past week, and its total cases rise past 18 million. In Delhi, ambulances have been …

16 killed in fire at Covid hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch; PM Modi says 'pained by the loss of lives'
3 years, 7 months ago

16 killed in fire at Covid hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch; PM Modi says 'pained by the loss of lives'

India Today  

A fire broke out at Bharuch Welfare Hospital at 1 am on Saturday. PM NARENDRA MODI, CM VIJAY RUPANI EXPRESS CONDOLENCES Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of patients who died in the fire accident at Bharuch Hospital and said, “Pained by the loss of lives due to a fire at a hospital in Bharuch. Condolences to the bereaved …

India’s deadly COVID surge follows crowded events
3 years, 7 months ago

India’s deadly COVID surge follows crowded events

Al Jazeera  

India has set another global record in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, with another 379,257 people infected and 3,645 deaths, as the country gears up to open its vaccination rollout to all adults on Saturday. Fuelling the catastrophe was a series of crowded events, like mass rallies by politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, religious holidays and pilgrimages on …

4 patients die in fire at Prime Criticare Hospital in Thane's Mumbra
3 years, 7 months ago

4 patients die in fire at Prime Criticare Hospital in Thane's Mumbra

India TV News  

At least four patients died in a fire at a private hospital near Thane in the wee hours of Wednesday, an official said. The fire broke out at the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa in Mumbra locality near Thane at 3.40 am. Local MLA and Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad told reporters at the scene that at least three persons were …

Four patients die in fire at private hospital in Thane
3 years, 7 months ago

Four patients die in fire at private hospital in Thane

The Hindu  

In yet another fire at a medical facility in Maharashtra, four patients died in a blaze at a hospital in Mumbra area near Mumbai in the early hours of Wednesday. Fire broke out at about 3.40 a.m. on Wednesday morning at the Prime Criticare Hospital in the Mumbra-Kausa area in Thane district, according to officials from the Thane Municipal Corporation. …

Funeral pyres burn. Gravediggers know no rest. India’s COVID-19 crisis is a ‘nightmare’
3 years, 7 months ago

Funeral pyres burn. Gravediggers know no rest. India’s COVID-19 crisis is a ‘nightmare’

LA Times  

The bodies have burned for so long at crematoriums in the western state of Gujarat that furnaces have started to melt. A surge of new cases fueled by the so-called double mutant variant of the coronavirus first discovered in India is now pushing the nation’s overburdened healthcare system toward collapse. It doesn’t matter.” Kodmad, like many other healthcare workers in …

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people

India Today  

Isolated at home in Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked the party candidates who contested recently held Assam Assembly election to visit their constituencies and help people affected by the pandemic. India Today TV has learnt that all the Congress candidates, who were housed in a resort in Sonapur on the …

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hundreds of Covid-19 patients are being “exploited” in the state-run Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Gachibowli. The TIMS is charging a fee ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 via digital payment for facility to attend to the patients, cleaning the room and even passing on to patients the home-cooked food. Sharing the plight, a man whose …

Coronavirus in India Highlights: Assam logs 3,132 new Covid-19 cases, 18 more deaths in last 24 hours
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus in India Highlights: Assam logs 3,132 new Covid-19 cases, 18 more deaths in last 24 hours

India Today  

Live blog Coronavirus in India Highlights: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre if it has a national plan to handle the Covid crisis and if the Army and paramilitary forces will be used. India has recorded over 3.23 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases and 2,771 deaths in the past 24 hours. India was there for the American people in …

Gujarat: Saved from Fire, 4 Covid-19 Patients Die in Other Hospitals
3 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat: Saved from Fire, 4 Covid-19 Patients Die in Other Hospitals

News 18  

At least four critically ill COVID-19 patients died at different hospitals in Surat in Gujarat where they were shifted along with 12 others from the ICU ward of a private hospital following a fire, officials said on Monday. A total of 16 patients were rescued and shifted to different hospitals from the ICU ward of Ayush Hospital located on the …

16 critical COVID-19 patients rescued after fire in hospital ICU in Gujarat
3 years, 7 months ago

16 critical COVID-19 patients rescued after fire in hospital ICU in Gujarat

India TV News  

As many as 16 critical COVID-19 patients were rescued and shifted to safer places after a fire broke out in the ICU of a private hospital here on Sunday night, officials said. A fire broke out in Ayush Hospital located on the fifth floor of a multi-storey building on Station Road in Surat at around 11.40 pm Sunday, after which …

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