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The Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had waived ₹16 lakh crore in debts of 20-25 billionaires while it had not written off even ₹1 for tribals and those who were in need, claimed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday as his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Maharashtra. HT Image Addressing a rally, ‘Adivasi Nyay Sammelan’ at CB …

Life Of Children Precious: Bombay High Court Directs State To Take Stern Action Against Doctors Not Joining Duty In Tribal Regions

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state government to take stern action against the doctors who do not join posts in tribal areas which have high number of child deaths due to inadequate medical facilities. The state authorities shall consider in bright earnest appointment of medical officers as per the sanctioned posts in the PHCs, more particularly in …

The term 'oxygen nurse' was coined in Nandurbar, a tribal district in Maharashtra, for its optimum utilisation of oxygen cylinders. Nandurbar's district collector Dr Rajendra Bharud, the brain behind this idea, said the administration decided to appoint a nurse for every 50 beds. Oxygen preparedness: District's farsightedness Having studied medicine himself, Dr Bharud had prepared well in advance to ensure …

How an IAS officer made a Maharashtra tribal district oxygen-sufficient

The district collector of a small tribal-inhabited district in Maharashtra saw the deadly second wave of coronavirus disease coming and prepared a series of contingency plan, at a time when the country, including the western state, struggled to meet the logistical challenges that a gasping healthcare system posed. Last September, Dr Rajendra Bharud had anticipated that there the cases could …

When COVID-19 struck Karamsingh Pawar, a tribal activist from Nandurbar district in northwestern Maharashtra, it took him 48 hours to get a hospital bed with oxygen support. As Maharashtra, India’s richest state, grapples with ferociously rising COVID-19 cases, patients such as Pawar are struggling to find hospital beds and oxygen support. “This time, the active cases have shot up to …