DRDO's 500-bed Covid hospital inaugurated in Jammu
India | May 29, 2021 18:41 ISTOf the total 500 beds here at Bhagwati Nagar Centre, 125 would be Intensive Care Unit beds, while others would be a set of Covid beds with 24 hours oxygen facility.
Of the total 500 beds here at Bhagwati Nagar Centre, 125 would be Intensive Care Unit beds, while others would be a set of Covid beds with 24 hours oxygen facility.
For this, the HNRFH has tied up with Access Life Assistance Foundation, an NGO that provides multi-disciplinary supportive care to families of cancer-afflicted children who come to Mumbai for treatment.
Stating that prices charged by hospitals continue to rise sharply leaving the people suffering, Shivakumar slammed the government for not taking any action against hospitals over-charging people for beds, oxygen, Covid tests, or ambulance facilities.
Dhirendra Singh, BJP legislator from Jewar Assembly area of Greater Noida, has written a letter to PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath demanding an audit of private hospitals.
The Delhi High Court on Monday said political leaders have no business to hoard stocks of COVID-19 medicines that are already in shortage
At a video-conference with CMs of Gujarat, Maharashtra and the administrators of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Shah also advised them to ensure adequate stocks of all essential medicines and supplies in the hospitals, keeping in view a likely disruption in the movement of vehicles, a statement issued by the Union home ministry said.
15 COVID-19 patients died between 2-6 am on May 13 allegedly due to oxygen shortage at Goa Medical College and Hospital.
An oxygen tank leaked at South Goa District Hospital on May 11.
In view of the increasing requirements of facilities for critical COVID-19 patients, the Defence Research and Development Organisation's makeshift COVID hospital with 250 ICU beds is operational from May 10.
All central and state government hospitals managing COVID patients have been directed to ensure that no patient is refused admission due to lack of a valid identity card and a positive test report for coronavirus
Karnataka's COVID-19 tally surged to 19.34 lakh as 47,930 fresh infections were recorded while 490 deaths took the cumulative fatalities to 18,776, the health department said on Sunday.
Earlier, amid the acute shortage of medical oxygen in several parts of the country due to a surge in COVID-19, the Finance Ministry had reduced the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) rate on the import of oxygen concentrators for personal use from 28 per cent to 12 per cent.
Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg has asked all the hospitals with more than 50 beds capacity to manage their own liquid oxygen requirements.
Noida CMO has informed BJP MLA Pankaj Singh that there is no shortage of hospital beds but oxygen supply is a concern.
Goa is treating Covid patients for free in all government hospitals, informed chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday. The government is also taking care of up to 80 per cent expense of those being treated for Covid in private hospitals.
The sources said medical officers and other support staff of the two hospitals will be utilised to set up a 500-bed hospital at Patna.
The machinery for the plant was brought to the country onboard a special flight few days back and the Centre had deployed it at the CAPF referral hospital that is operated by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
The development assumes significance in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
The one coming up at IDPL will be run by AIIMS and will have 400 oxygen-supported beds and 100 ICU beds, he said.
In the wake of a surge in COVID cases in Goa, the bed capacity in state-run and private medical facilities is getting exhausted.
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