No Confirmed Bed-no Entry, Telangana Cops Stop Covid-19 Patients in Ambulances from Andhra Pradesh at Borders
3 years, 7 months ago

No Confirmed Bed-no Entry, Telangana Cops Stop Covid-19 Patients in Ambulances from Andhra Pradesh at Borders

News 18  

Telangana police on Monday started restricting patients coming to the city in ambulances from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh at border places, a move aimed at avoiding scenes of patients waiting for beds near hospitals, police officials said. The patients without confirmed bids are forced to wait outside hospitals,” a senior police official of a bordering district of Telangana told PTI. Police sources said every day Telangana, from all entry points, receives about 500 to 600 ambulances carrying patients to be admitted to various hospitals. Recently, a senior official of the Telangana government said over 50 per cent of hospitals beds in Hyderabad are filled with patients from neighbouring states.

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Telangana: Data on Covid beds unchanged for weeks
2 years, 7 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 …

Telangana hospitals with reserved beds not ready to treat Covid patients
2 years, 11 months 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 …

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 …

Telangana's COVID positivity rate drops to 4.1%
3 years, 7 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 …

Inter-State Restrictions On COVID Patients' Access To Medical Care : Breach Of Constitutional Mandate
3 years, 7 months ago

Inter-State Restrictions On COVID Patients' Access To Medical Care : Breach Of Constitutional Mandate

Live Law  

To curb the spreading of COVID disease from other States in this second wave of ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Telangana had issued Guidelines on 11th May 2021, wherein, the COVID patients from other States, who want to get hospitalized and take treatment in hospitals in Telangana, were allowed to cross the State's border only if they were authorised …

Demand high for ICU beds in Hyderabad even as Covid spread sees fall in Telangana
3 years, 7 months ago

Demand high for ICU beds in Hyderabad even as Covid spread sees fall in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite the fall in Covid cases, the demand for intensive care unit beds has not come down in the state. There are a minimum of 10 to 20 inquiries for ICU beds to private hospitals in Hyderabad. Volunteers co-ordinating with government and private hospitals say the demand for oxygen concentrators has come down but not of ICU beds. Private …

Covid-19: Irresponsible border block
3 years, 7 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 …

"Delaying Access To Medical Assistance Violates Art. 21, 19(1)(d)": Telangana High Court Stays Govt. Guidelines Prohibiting Inter-State Travel Of Ambulances, Patients
3 years, 7 months ago

"Delaying Access To Medical Assistance Violates Art. 21, 19(1)(d)": Telangana High Court Stays Govt. Guidelines Prohibiting Inter-State Travel Of Ambulances, Patients

Live Law  

Observing that no State action can be validated that results in avoiding or delaying the access of medical assistance to patients in dire need of treatment, the Telangana High Court on Friday stayed the Guidelines issued by the State Government prohibiting inter State travel of ambulances and patients.The guidelines dated 11 May 2021 issued by the State Government directed that …

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients
3 years, 7 months ago

Government Hospitals run out of beds for COVID-19 patients

The Hindu  

Madurai Almost all Intensive Care Units and oxygen-supported beds in Government Hospitals in the district are filled, pushing new patients to wait for their admission. A senior doctor from the Government Rajaji Hospital said almost all the 1,200 beds allocated for COVID-19 patients were occupied. Private hospitals were also referring patients in critical conditions to government hospitals, said S. Gandhimathinathan, …

Telangana restricts entry of ambulances carrying Covid-19 patients from Andhra
3 years, 7 months ago

Telangana restricts entry of ambulances carrying Covid-19 patients from Andhra

India Today  

The Suryapet Police has set up a checkpost at Ramapuram in Kodad mandal on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border to restrict the movement of ambulances carrying Covid-19 patients from the neighbouring state. Several people residing in border districts of Andhra Pradesh, which is witnessing a sharp surge in Covid-19 cases, are dependent on 10 hospitals of Telangana for medical care and …

Andhra Pradesh High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction Over Covid-19 Management In State
3 years, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction Over Covid-19 Management In State

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday expressed deep dissatisfaction at the manner in which the authorities are handling the Covid-19 situation in the State. "There should be every attempt by the State to make sure that these pivotal aspects, which go a long way in management of Covid-19, are seriously addressed and deficiencies are immediately rectified for the effective …

Ensure Some Beds From Command Hospitals Are Available For COVID Patients : Karnataka High Court Directs Centre
3 years, 8 months ago

Ensure Some Beds From Command Hospitals Are Available For COVID Patients : Karnataka High Court Directs Centre

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to ensure that some beds are made available for the benefit of citizens at hospitals operated by defence establishments in the city. On going through the status of beds available in the city of Bengaluru the bench said "The situation is 'alarming' in terms of availability of beds for treating …

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital
3 years, 8 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 …

Beds cannot be created overnight, doctors, nurses also getting infected: Karnataka chief secy
3 years, 8 months ago

Beds cannot be created overnight, doctors, nurses also getting infected: Karnataka chief secy

India Today  

With the first weekend curfew for the year in force in Karnataka, state Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar reviewed the situation in Bengaluru and appealed to people to not step out of their homes. HCWs getting infected "Everyone knows beds in hospitals cannot be created overnight. Government measures On the new measures taken to curb the galloping Covid cases, he …

Telangana's Covid crisis
3 years, 8 months ago

Telangana's Covid crisis

India Today  

On April 18, the Telangana health authorities did not administer a single dose of anti-Covid vaccines at any of their centres, observing a ‘vaccination holiday’ for want of supply. During the first Covid-19 wave, till September 3 last year, there were 18,232 hospital beds across the state available to manage Covid-19 patients, with a bed-occupancy ratio of 40 per cent …

SC asks Delhi, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat to submit status report on covid-19 preparedness amidst spike in cases
4 years, 1 month ago

SC asks Delhi, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat to submit status report on covid-19 preparedness amidst spike in cases

Live Mint  

Expressing concern over the rising covid-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court on Monday sought status report over the Covid-19 situation from the states of Delhi, Assam, Maharashtra, and Gujarat within the next two days. A three-judge bench Justice Ashok Bhushan observed in the court “We are hearing huge spike in the current month throughout the country, especially in …

Hospitals near Noida to check if beds are free before referring Covid-19 patients to district
4 years, 1 month ago

Hospitals near Noida to check if beds are free before referring Covid-19 patients to district

Hindustan Times  

NOIDA: The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has asked hospitals in neighbouring districts to refer coronavirus disease patients to hospitals in the Noida district only after co-ordinating with Covid-dedicated facilities here about availability of beds. HT Image In its recent meeting with private Covid-dedicated hospitals in the district, the administration had asked them to increase their capacity of beds and to …

As Covid-19 Cases Decline, Beds Lie Vacant in Goa's Hospitals
4 years, 2 months ago

As Covid-19 Cases Decline, Beds Lie Vacant in Goa's Hospitals

News 18  

With a sharp decline in COVID-19 cases and majority of infected persons opting for home quarantine, the number of vacant beds in government and private hospitals is increasing with every passing day, an official from the health department claimed. Private hospitals have reserved 72 beds for COVID-19 patients, of which 42 were vacant, while of 733 beds in government hospitals, …

No Hospital Can Refuse To Admit A COVID Patient If Beds For Such Patients Are Available: Calcutta HC [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

No Hospital Can Refuse To Admit A COVID Patient If Beds For Such Patients Are Available: Calcutta HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday said that no hospital can refuse to admit a COVID-19 patient if beds for such patients are available and that this is one of the basic tenets of medical ethics. Asserting that the Right to a decent funeral can also be traced in Article 25 of the Constitution of India, the Calcutta High Court …

Despite surge, only 35% of Covid beds occupied in GB Nagar, most remain in home isolation
4 years, 3 months ago

Despite surge, only 35% of Covid beds occupied in GB Nagar, most remain in home isolation

Hindustan Times  

Despite the surge in Covid-19 patients this month, nearly 65% of the 2,857 beds in Gautam Budh Nagar’s Covid-dedicated hospitals are vacant. And, since the state government has already announced the price caps for private medical colleges and hospitals, many of them have already started developing exclusive facilities for the treatment of Covid-19 patients,” he said. “In the L-2 category …

COVID death stats given by government unbelievable: Telangana High Court
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID death stats given by government unbelievable: Telangana High Court

The Hindu  

Observing that the tally of nine to 10 deaths daily due to COVID-19 given by the State government were ‘unbelievable’, Telangana High Court on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over the government reports on spread of coronavirus in the State. A bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy, hearing a batch of PIL pleas related to COVID-19, …

Coronavirus Updates: Assam to allow public transport to ply at 50% capacity from 16 Aug
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: Assam to allow public transport to ply at 50% capacity from 16 Aug

Firstpost  

10:53 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in Telangana Latest Updates Telangana private hospitals to reserve 50% beds for COVID-19 patients Corporate hospitals in Telangana have agreed to reserve 50 percent of their beds to patients referred by the state government for COVID-19 treatment. State Health Minister E Rajender, who held a meeting with representatives of the corporate hospitals, has instructed …

Days After Gujarat, Vijayawada Mishaps, Records Show 90% Hospitals in Hyd Not Fire-Safety Compliant
4 years, 4 months ago

Days After Gujarat, Vijayawada Mishaps, Records Show 90% Hospitals in Hyd Not Fire-Safety Compliant

News 18  

In an alarming development, it has come to fore that many hospitals in Hyderabad are functioning in dangerous conditions, records of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation show. According to a Times of India report, which has accessed the civic body's records, out of the over 1,700 hospitals that fall under its administration, 90% are not following the fire safety guidelines. …

COVID-19 : Karnataka HC Asks State To Publish Info On Hospital Beds In Kannada Along With English
4 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 : Karnataka HC Asks State To Publish Info On Hospital Beds In Kannada Along With English

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to ensure that the website developed to give real time data of availability of beds at hospitals and facilities for the benefit of Covid19 patients is bilingual and details are available in 'Kannada Language'. State must clarify how many dedicated lines are available to receive …

Paucity of oxygen-fitted beds hits COVID-19 treatment in Telangana
4 years, 6 months ago

Paucity of oxygen-fitted beds hits COVID-19 treatment in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The crunching shortage of oxygen-equipped beds in Hyderabad was not envisioned by the government or private hospitals, though they had the time to build infrastructure during the 80 days of lockdown, when the caseload was not as heavy as it is now. A senior public health specialist in the city said, “We had sufficient time but the analysis of …

Telangana moves to supply oxygen straight to COVID-19 hospital beds
4 years, 6 months ago

Telangana moves to supply oxygen straight to COVID-19 hospital beds

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Oxygen therapy is proving to be useful in severe cases of COVID-19 in Telangana and the state government is planning to set up wards with direct oxygen supply to beds in the coronavirus wards at Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital and Telangana Institute of Medical Science and Research. Tenders have been floated inviting contractors to set up oxygen supply …

Private hospitals in Telangana begin bookings for COVID-19 tests
4 years, 6 months ago

Private hospitals in Telangana begin bookings for COVID-19 tests

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Booking for hospital beds and testing for Covid-19 started on Monday morning as soon as the government announced that private hospitals and laboratories can conduct tests in the state. Private hospitals are offering home treatment packages to patients who have mild symptoms, as it is easy to treat less immune-compromised patients. Dr Rahul Medakkar, chief executive officer of Continental …

WATCH: New videos from Mumbai hospitals show wards packed with living and dead, 2 patients in one bed
4 years, 8 months ago

WATCH: New videos from Mumbai hospitals show wards packed with living and dead, 2 patients in one bed

India Today  

The city of Mumbai has emerged as the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Mumbai. Stills from videos of Sion, KEM hospital shot by Sudhakar Nadar; first picture shows the dead body of a Covid-19 patient lying unattended on a stretcher in a corridor; second picture shows the dead body of a Covid-19 patient lying unattended on the floor …

SARI what! Telangana docs are gobsmacked by fiat to restrict Covid-19 tests
4 years, 8 months ago

SARI what! Telangana docs are gobsmacked by fiat to restrict Covid-19 tests

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The de facto decision of the government of Telangana to test only Severe Acute Respiratory Infections patients for the nover coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is worrying doctors. A senior district medical and health official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said, “We are not able to understand what the government is doing. There is a lot of fear already …

Covid19 hospitals in Telangana reek, say patients
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid19 hospitals in Telangana reek, say patients

Deccan Chronicle  

Hygiene conditions in government notified Covid-19 hospitals are not good and patients are complaining of bad hygiene and sanitation facilities. The Covid-19 notified centres in Hyderabad are -only government hospitals - Gandhi, Fever, Chest, King Koti and four Ayush hospitals. We are not able to track them.” Covid-19 patients who can afford to pay do not want to go to …

Gandhi, Chest hospitals full, tell pvt clinics to treat Covid
4 years, 9 months ago

Gandhi, Chest hospitals full, tell pvt clinics to treat Covid

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Officially Telangana has just 33 cases of the coronavirus even though Gandhi Hospital and Chest Hospital have asked designated private hospitals to not forward Covid-19 positive cases to them. The Gandhi Hospital isolation ward, with 50 beds, is full. Isolation wards in designated hospitals like Apollo, Care and Continental are ready and unlike previously, existing patients are not sent …

Hyderabad: Doctors told to take virus head on
4 years, 10 months ago

Hyderabad: Doctors told to take virus head on

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Private hospitals are urging doctors and staff not to panic with one confirmed case of Covid-19 in Telangana state, as there are many flu cases reported to hospitals every day and most are harmless. With the staff of Apollo Hospital in Secunderabad coming in contact with the Covid-19 positive patient, there is understandable fear among health professionals and preventive …

Telangana Government to designate a hospital exclusively for COVID-19 treatment
4 years, 10 months ago

Telangana Government to designate a hospital exclusively for COVID-19 treatment

The Hindu  

The Government of Telangana has decided to designate a hospital exclusively to treat COVID-19 patients. Sources stressed that there is an urgent need to shift the ICU facility from the government tertiary care hospital as thousands of patients and their attendants come for treatment and admission. Isolation Wards in other hospitals Apart from Gandhi Hospital - which also has a …

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