Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital
3 years, 10 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 wife aged 50 is undergoing treatment at the hospital since Wednesday said, “Once you enter the place, the stench of overflowing gutter is too nauseating to bear with. “Admission was put on-hold till a payment was made to the staff, resulting in the death of the patient,” his family alleged later.

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Telangana maintains vigil with five active COVID-19 cases
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana maintains vigil with five active COVID-19 cases

The Hindu  

Concerns have arisen among the public across the country following the report of four COVID-19-related deaths in Kerala on December 17, highlighting worries about a potential surge in cases. In contrast, Telangana has currently recorded five active COVID-19 cases as of Monday, with no reported deaths. The sole death reported nationally on Monday was from Kerala, with the State having …

No more covid-19 updates by Telangana health department
1 year, 8 months ago

No more covid-19 updates by Telangana health department

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state health department has stopped issuing the daily Covid-19 bulletin for over three weeks now, following a May 5 declaration by the World Health Organisation that Covid-19 was not more a global health emergency. The last bulletin was on May 19, when there were 24 active cases, 13 recovered cases and a recovery rate of 99.5 per cent, …

AP reports 267 Covid cases in past two weeks
1 year, 11 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, 11 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 …

Centre warns state on rising Covid cases
1 year, 11 months ago

Centre warns state on rising Covid cases

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A sudden spurt in cases in Telangana has prompted concern at the Centre, resulting in the Union health ministry writing to the state’s principal secretary, health, S.A.M. Rajesh Bhushan, Union health secretary, pointed out that Telangana had reported an increase in weekly cases from 132 in the week ending March 8 to 267 in the week ending March 15. …

Covid-19: Concerns raised over low testing in Telangana
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: Concerns raised over low testing in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The health department’s data show that all districts were reporting almost no Covid cases, except those in Hyderabad and its urban surroundings. President of Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association, Dr K. Mahesh Kumar, said even when Covid was at its peak, the state government had not revealed the correct data on number of infections and deaths, and so it was …

Covid testing remains low in Telangana
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid testing remains low in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In spite of the Centre directing all states to focus on ramping up testing for Covid, there has not been any substantial increase in Telangana. The operational guidelines for revised surveillance strategy in the context of Covid-19 issued by the Union health ministry in June call for early detection, isolation, testing, and timely management of suspected and confirmed cases. …

COVID cases fall in Telangana, doctors question data
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID cases fall in Telangana, doctors question data

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The count of daily Covid cases has dropped considerably in the state but doctors say it is deceptive as a number of people are testing themselves at home via home kits or are not getting tested at all. Dr Sravani Reddy Karumuru, consultant general physician at Renova Hospitals, said the number of Covid cases being reported had reduced because …

577 private hospitals in Karnataka get notices over extra cost collected from COVID patients
2 years, 6 months ago

577 private hospitals in Karnataka get notices over extra cost collected from COVID patients

The Hindu  

Notices have been issued to 577 private hospitals by the Health Department following complaints that they received money from the government while collecting extra amount from COVID-19 patients. Under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme, steps were taken to treat COVID-19 patients in private hospitals on referral basis. But some private hospitals, besides collecting the amount from the patients, also got …

India logs 17,070 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases increase to 1,07,189
2 years, 8 months ago

India logs 17,070 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases increase to 1,07,189

Firstpost  

The health ministry said that 14,413 patients recuperated from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, increasing the total recoveries to 4,28,36,906 India logged 17,070 new COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Friday morning. According to health ministry, 14,413 patients got recuperated from COVID-19 in the last 24 …

494 new cases take Telangana Covid-19 count past 3,000
2 years, 8 months ago

494 new cases take Telangana Covid-19 count past 3,000

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Covid-19 cases continued to spike on Thursday, with 494 new cases taking the total case count in the state past the 3,000 mark, to 3,048. A global platform, meanwhile, revealed that 20 per cent of the new cases in the state are of the BA.5 variant of Omicron. Dr Kiran Madhala, head of department, critical care department, Nizamabad Government …

Covid cases surge, mask rule back in TS
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid cases surge, mask rule back in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With a sudden surge in daily Covid-19 cases, with most of them being reported from in and around the city, the Telangana health department reimposed the face mask and physical distancing rules. The number of active Covid cases – the number of patients identified as suffering from Covid — that stood at 811 on June 9, rose to 2,375 …

Telangana: Data on Covid beds unchanged for weeks
2 years, 10 months ago

Telangana: Data on Covid beds unchanged for weeks

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The health department has not been updating the data on the number of beds occupied by Covid patients in its daily bulletin on Covid-19. On April 29, when this correspondent brought this to the notice of the office of director of public health, Telangana, the data was immediately updated in that day’s bulletin itself, which showed that seven government …

Last Patient Discharged, Critical Cases Fall to Zero as Mumbai Catches A Break from Covid-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Last Patient Discharged, Critical Cases Fall to Zero as Mumbai Catches A Break from Covid-19

News 18  

Once described as the hotspot of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mumbai heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday as the city reported just 36 new cases in the last 24 hours of which 34 are asymptomatic and last patient infected with coronavirus was discharged from Kasturba hospital, which was the first in Mumbai to start treating Covid-19 patients. The hospital is …

Telangana hospitals with reserved beds not ready to treat Covid patients
3 years, 1 month ago

Telangana hospitals with reserved beds not ready to treat Covid patients

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state health department’s claim that over 56,000 beds are kept ready in hospitals in the state for Covid patients rings hollow. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the health department has released a list of hospitals that can treat Covid patients and cited the number of beds available at each hospital. A doctor at a hospital in Hanumakonda …

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
3 years, 1 month ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

2,000 medical students, doctors infected with Covid-19 in AP
3 years, 1 month ago

2,000 medical students, doctors infected with Covid-19 in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Nearly 2,000 medical students and government doctors have been infected with Covid-19 in recent days in Andhra Pradesh. Of the total infected, a majority were medical students attending to patients in both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 out-patient wards in 11 government medical colleges attached to various hospitals. AP Junior Doctors’ Association president Dr Jaswanth said, “We have been receiving reports …

COVID pandemic infection: 120 cases reported in IIT Hyderabad
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID pandemic infection: 120 cases reported in IIT Hyderabad

India TV News  

Highlights IITH has witnessed a spurt in Covid cases during the last one week Online classes, which were being conducted since last week, have been suspended till further notice Meanwhile, 130 Covid cases were reported in the office of Director General of Police The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad has witnessed a spurt in Covid-19 cases with as many as …

Covid numbers show marginal dip, experts think curve may be reaching a plateau
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid numbers show marginal dip, experts think curve may be reaching a plateau

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai Mumbai’s Covid numbers showed a marginal dip on Saturday, even though the overall case tally stayed above the 20,000-mark for the second consecutive day. Out of the fresh infections reported on Friday, 16,661 patients were asymptomatic and the BMC data also showed that nearly 1,257 patients were hospitalised in the past 24 hours and the overall hospital bed occupancy …

HC tells Telangana to follow Centre’s Covid rules
3 years, 2 months ago

HC tells Telangana to follow Centre’s Covid rules

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Amid fears of a possible third wave of Covid-19 and rise in Omicron cases, the Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government to ensure that testing is carried out on a large scale, especially in borders, airports, bus stops and railway stations. The court also directed the state government to explore possibilities to establish another children's hospital …

Congress in Telangana calls for boost in testing, tracing to handle rise in Covid cases
3 years, 2 months ago

Congress in Telangana calls for boost in testing, tracing to handle rise in Covid cases

India Today  

The Congress party in Telangana has demanded that the state government seriously implement the test, trace, and treatment strategy to control the third wave of the Covid pandemic. The state government should increase the Covid tests so as to identify all the infected persons and provide them treatment,” said Hyderabad city Congress committee minorities department chairman Sameer Waliullah. Congress also …

Telangana set for Covid explosion; cases double overnight
3 years, 2 months ago

Telangana set for Covid explosion; cases double overnight

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: It appears that Covid-19 is all set to explode in Telangana with the state health department reporting a near doubling of new cases overnight. On Monday, Telangana recorded 482 new Covid-19 cases, a very steep climb from the 274 new cases reported on Sunday. There has also been an unsettling overnight rise in Covid cases in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, …

GHMC limits driving Covid surge in Telangana
3 years, 2 months ago

GHMC limits driving Covid surge in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area appears to be driving the slow, but steady, surge in Covid cases in Telangana. In the state health department’s release for Saturday, GHMC limits reported 217 of the 317 new Covid infections across Telangana. While five days ago, on December 27, one in 187 people tested turned up being Covid-19 positive, it came …

Telangana village imposes 10-day self-lockdown after man found Omicron positive
3 years, 2 months ago

Telangana village imposes 10-day self-lockdown after man found Omicron positive

India TV News  

Highlights A village in Telangana has self-imposed a 10-day lockdown amid Omicron scare The move came after a resident of village who returned from a Gulf nation tested Omicron positive Total Omicron cases in the state currently stands at 38 Amid Omicron threat and the possibility of another Covid wave in the country, residents in Telangana's Rajanna Sircilla district as …

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar
3 years, 3 months ago

48 medicos test positive for COVID-19 in Telangana\'s Karimnagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: In an alarming development, 48 medical college students at the Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences in Bommakal village of Karimnagar were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, in what is being billed as the single biggest outbreak of the disease in a medical college in Telangana state. District medical and health officer Dr Juveria told told this newspaper …

COVID-19 | States gear up to implement new airport protocols
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 | States gear up to implement new airport protocols

The Hindu  

States across the country have scurried to implement the testing, tracing and quarantine for international passengers from a few countries where the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been recorded, on advice from the Union Ministry of Health. The list of countries at risk is available in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website ; passengers coming from these …

Hospitals Overcharging Covid Patients: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR; Status Of Refunds
3 years, 4 months ago

Hospitals Overcharging Covid Patients: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR; Status Of Refunds

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to inform as to what action has been taken against those hospitals who are found guilty of charging exorbitant amounts from Covid-19 patients. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in its order noted, "Counsel for intervenor, …

Bengaluru: Doctors to visit every house to screen people for COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru: Doctors to visit every house to screen people for COVID

India TV News  

Bengaluru: Doctors to visit every house to screen people for COVID A team of doctors, paramedics and ASHA workers would visit every house and screen the households. To detect COVID-19 cases, the city civic body - Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike - would launch a programme involving doctors making door-to- door visits, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka said on Monday. A …

Covid-19 fear: Family in Andhra Pradesh locks itself for 15 months
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 fear: Family in Andhra Pradesh locks itself for 15 months

Hindustan Times  

AndAs the coronavirus disease pandemic struck the world last year, the most crucial factor which governments and health authorities spoke about was to stay home and not venture outdoors without any reason. Gurunath pointed out the family members even attended the nature calls inside their tent house. The police on Wednesday rescued the members of the family, which confined itself …

With 50,000 beds Andhra Pradesh gets ready to face third COVID-19 wave in August
3 years, 7 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 …

One crore people suffer from long Covid in India: Study
3 years, 8 months ago

One crore people suffer from long Covid in India: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: An estimated one crore people in India are suffering from post-Covid or long Covid symptoms, according to a random online survey carried out by the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology. The survey conducted among 5,000 people and 2,038 infected patients revealed that they had to visit hospitals again for post-Covid symptoms. According to the data collected, 51 percent of them …

HC asks Telangana for fight plan against Delta Plus
3 years, 8 months ago

HC asks Telangana for fight plan against Delta Plus

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: While dealing with Covid-19 related PILs, the Telangana High Court directed the state government to file a detailed reply throwing light on the preparedness of the government to tackle the Delta Plus variant of the novel Coronavirus. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy directed the state government to file a detailed cogent …

Fearing Covid, family of four commits suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool
3 years, 8 months ago

Fearing Covid, family of four commits suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool

India Today  

Fearing that they might get infected with Covid-19, a family of four committed suicide by consuming poison in the Vaddegeri area of Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Pratap worked as a TV mechanic, his son Jayant was in high school, and daughter Rishita was a seventh grade student. A suicide note was recovered from the house, which revealed that the family was …

Telangana to lift Covid lockdown completely
3 years, 8 months ago

Telangana to lift Covid lockdown completely

India TV News  

Telangana cabinet on Saturday decided to lift coronavirus lockdown completely in the state. At its meeting, the state cabinet discussed the matter and decided on total removal of the lockdown which was imposed to control the spread of Covid in the state. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the most number of cases with 149, followed by Rangareddy and …

Will Telangana Lockdown be Extended or Relief in Sight for State? Decision at 2pm Today
3 years, 9 months ago

Will Telangana Lockdown be Extended or Relief in Sight for State? Decision at 2pm Today

News 18  

The Telangana Cabinet will meet on Tuesday at 2pm to take a decision on the extension of Covid-induced lockdown According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the state cabinet is likely to discuss the situation in the state amidst the Corona, medical and health, agriculture operations, the economic situation in the state due to lockdown etc. Telangana on Monday reported 1,933 …

Serious Mental Health Issues Have Cropped Up As Fallout Of COVID-19 Infection: Telangana High Court Seeks Action Plan From State
3 years, 9 months ago

Serious Mental Health Issues Have Cropped Up As Fallout Of COVID-19 Infection: Telangana High Court Seeks Action Plan From State

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has sought a blue print from the State government for treatment of persons suffering mental trauma as a fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. She ordered, "Having regard to the fact that serious mental health issues have cropped up as a fallout of the COVID-19 infection, it is directed that a blueprint be prepared and placed on …

After Assam, now health workers get beaten up by Covid patient's kin in Manipur hospital; two arrested
3 years, 9 months ago

After Assam, now health workers get beaten up by Covid patient's kin in Manipur hospital; two arrested

India Today  

In an Assam-like incident, health workers were allegedly assaulted at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Manipur's Imphal East district. A video shows some people, who are said to be relatives of a Covid-19 patient, vandalising equipment in JNIMS hospital's Covid-19 ICU ward. “The patient was admitted to the hospital three days ago with severe Covid-19 complications …

Vaccination for students going abroad on June 6
3 years, 9 months ago

Vaccination for students going abroad on June 6

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Students planning to go abroad for studies can get vaccinated against Covid-19 at the Institute of Preventive Medicine at Narayanguda, Director of Health Services Dr G Srinivasa Rao announced on Thursday. Dr Rao said the lockdown has brought Covid-19 cases down but there are still some districts where the fresh infections were high and continuing. Strict measures to contain …

14 days on, people in need yet to get money from Karnataka's Covid-relief package
3 years, 9 months ago

14 days on, people in need yet to get money from Karnataka's Covid-relief package

India Today  

The Karnataka government had announced a Covid-relief package of Rs 1,250 crore for people in need on May 19. The auto drivers said they also have a family and do not want to depend on the money given by the government since it is not sufficient and they won't get it as well. This time they said they will give …

Deceased Covid patient's kin attack junior doctor in Assam, IMA demands action
3 years, 9 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— …

Cops, IT firms join forces to open 100-bed Covid centre in Hyderabad
3 years, 9 months ago

Cops, IT firms join forces to open 100-bed Covid centre in Hyderabad

India Today  

A 100-bed Covid Care centre equipped with a six-bedded Bridge ICU facility is one of the many facilities created under Project Ashray in Cyberabad - the IT hub of Hyderabad. The covid care centre which is surrounded by many MNCs is for Covid patients who are in the early stages of the infection. Other groups who were independently organising help …

Telangana's COVID positivity rate drops to 4.1%
3 years, 9 months ago

Telangana's COVID positivity rate drops to 4.1%

India TV News  

Telangana's Covid-19 positivity rate dropped to 4.1 per cent on Wednesday, health officials said. The positivity rate has come down from 4.7 per cent to 4.1 per cent. The official said out of 55,120 total beds in Covid hospitals in the state, 31,375 are vacant. Srinivasa Rao said 612 ICU beds in government-run hospitals and 3,977 in private hospitals were …

Worst of times in Andhra Pradesh
3 years, 9 months ago

Worst of times in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

“My relative phoned me and between gasps for breath he kept pleading with me to help him get an oxygen cylinder. A senior official from the Andhra Pradesh COVID Command Control Centre said that the State nevertheless was not slacking in its testing regime. Jawahar Reddy, Chairman of the State’s COVID Command Control Centre: “Our focus is on getting symptomatic …

COVID-19 news update: Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala extend restrictions; new cases below 3 lakh for fifth day
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 news update: Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala extend restrictions; new cases below 3 lakh for fifth day

Firstpost  

The toll, however, continued to present a grim picture with 4,209 deaths taking in 24 hours the total casualties to 2,91,331 The Gujarat, Karnataka, and Kerala governments on Friday extended restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 while more states notified mucormycosis or black fungus as an epidemic. Ten states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra …

MP: Rs 1 lakh aid to kin of those who died of Covid-19 in second wave
3 years, 9 months ago

MP: Rs 1 lakh aid to kin of those who died of Covid-19 in second wave

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh government will provide financial assistance of Rs one lakh to the families of those who died due to Covid-19 during the second wave. Rs one lakh ex-gratia will be given to the kin of those who died of Covid-19 in the second wave," state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said at a virtual meeting with BJP legislators …

Excessive Fees Charged By Private Hospitals From COVID19 Patients: Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Payment Be Made Through Nodal Officers To Keep A Check
3 years, 9 months ago

Excessive Fees Charged By Private Hospitals From COVID19 Patients: Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Payment Be Made Through Nodal Officers To Keep A Check

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to work out modalities for payment of private hospital bills of Covid-19 patients through a Nodal Officer, in order to avoid exorbitant charges being levied by them. Accordingly, the Court has directed the authorities concerned to look into this matter and work out modalities forthwith to see that payments …

'Put Your House In Order': Telangana High Court Seeks Strategy To Combat Third Wave Of COVID19; Appreciates Lockdown Implementation By Police
3 years, 9 months ago

'Put Your House In Order': Telangana High Court Seeks Strategy To Combat Third Wave Of COVID19; Appreciates Lockdown Implementation By Police

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court on Monday asked the State Government to put its house in order and ensure that the directions issued by the Court with respect to Covid-19 issues in the State are complied with scrupulously. Follow all directions and file compliance The Division Bench noted that the State has not filed details regarding steps taken for: Oxygen audit …

NRI banker turns ambulance driver to help Covid patients in Telangana
3 years, 9 months ago

NRI banker turns ambulance driver to help Covid patients in Telangana

India Today  

A 30-year-old NRI has emerged as one of the unsung heroes of Covid-19 in Hyderabad, transporting Covid-19 patients in a makeshift ambulance for free. When asked about his selfless service, Tarun said “I came up with the idea to help Covid-19 patients after one of my friends was charged Rs 34,000 to transport his aunt, who died due to Covid.” …

Covid-19: Irresponsible border block
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19: Irresponsible border block

New Indian Express  

But one has to look at the other side of the issue too. The government defended its decision, quoting restrictions imposed by Delhi and Maharashtra on the entry of patients into their respective state/UT. But the court rightfully differentiated between critically ill patients and Covid-19 positive people and insisted that the former should be allowed free passage, no matter which …

'Polling Officers Infected With Covid-19 During Election Duty Be Treated At Par With Covid Warriors': Telangana High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

'Polling Officers Infected With Covid-19 During Election Duty Be Treated At Par With Covid Warriors': Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has observed that polling officers who have been infected with Covid-19 during the recent municipality elections in the State must be treated at par with Covid-warriors. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy said that the State must ensure that such polling officers are given adequate medical treatment and all …

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