Hospitals
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Resident doctors needed in hospitals, decision to extend training not ex facie arbitrary: Delhi HC
India | May 30, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court has said services of resident doctors are imperative for functioning of hospitals in the current situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Notify if hospitals overcharge for Covid facilities: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar
India | May 25, 2021, 08:38 AM ISTStating 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.
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Cyclone Tauktae: Amit Shah stresses on protection of COVID hospitals, oxygen plants
India | May 16, 2021, 08:27 PM ISTAt 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.
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COVID-19: Govt exempts Section 269ST of IT Act for hospitals, other medical facilities
India | May 08, 2021, 09:08 AM ISTEarlier, 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.
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Gurugram hospitals with over 50 beds capacity to set up oxygen plants
India | May 07, 2021, 10:11 PM ISTGurugram Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg has asked all the hospitals with more than 50 beds capacity to manage their own liquid oxygen requirements.
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Goa treating Covid patients for free at all govt hospitals: CM Pramod Sawant
India | May 06, 2021, 11:49 PM ISTGoa 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.
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COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage
India | May 03, 2021, 08:43 AM ISTMadhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital in Malviya Nagar on Sunday sounded an alarm about their depleting stocks around noon, saying 50 people, including four newborns, were "at risk".
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Hospitals shouldn't unnecessarily raise oxygen-shortage alarms, appeals Manish Sisodia
India | Apr 25, 2021, 04:39 PM ISTDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday urged hospitals in Delhi not to raise alarms unnecessarily over oxygen shortage and appealed to the media to verify claims before reporting.
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Country sees world's highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage
News | Apr 23, 2021, 08:40 AM ISTIndia has recorded the highest one-day tally of new Covid-19 cases anywhere in the world - and the country's highest number of deaths over 24 hours.
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Manish Sisodia blames Haryana, UP for causing hurdles in oxygen supply
News | Apr 22, 2021, 06:40 PM IST"Hospitals in Delhi are facing oxygen crisis receiving messages and emails from hospitals since morning," said Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on April 22.
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Watch | India witnessing a 'medical emergency': Doctors, experts discuss
News | Apr 22, 2021, 05:35 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the oxygen supply across the country and discuss ways and means to boost its availability. The officials briefed him on the efforts undertaken in the last few weeks to improve the supply of oxygen.
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Bolstering Covid-19 fight: 100 hospitals to have own oxygen plant, import of 50,000 MT cleared
India | Apr 16, 2021, 08:02 AM ISTIn view of the pandemic situation in the country, the government on Thursday announced that 100 new hospitals will have their own oxygen plant under PM-CARES Fund.
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COVID: Remdesivir shortage triggers protest in Pune
News | Apr 15, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTFamily members of COVID-19 patients protested outside District collector office by sitting on road demanding supply of Remdesivir injection for the patients.
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COVID: 100 more ventilators to be installed in Vadodara Hospitals
News | Apr 15, 2021, 02:01 PM ISTAmid surge in COVID-19 cases, Gujarat administration is installing 100 more ventilators at different hospitals in Vadodara for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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Covid-19: Delhi gets more than 11,000 beds in private hospitals
India | Apr 12, 2021, 11:24 PM ISTThe Delhi government has notified 19 private hospitals where 80 per cent of ICU beds are to be reserved for Covid patients, 82 private hospitals with 60 per cent reservation and 101 private hospitals where 60 per cent ward beds are to be reserved for Covid treatment.
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Delhi govt increased over 2000 COVID beds in 3 days: Satyendar Jain
News | Apr 07, 2021, 05:24 PM ISTWith the spike of COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that Delhi government has increased 2000 beds in hospitals in the last 3 days.
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Number of beds at Delhi's private hospitals escalated from 15% to 25%: Satyendar Jain
News | Apr 03, 2021, 06:20 PM ISTAmid the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on April 3 said that these days COVID case is not as severe to death case as reported earlier but it is coming in bunches.
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Delhi hospitals have enough oxygen for 6-7 days: Health Minister Satyendra Jain
India | Sep 23, 2020, 04:47 PM ISTAs coronavirus cases have once again started surging in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said there is no shortage of oxygen in Delhi hospitals and that enough stock is available for the next six to seven days.
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IRDAI calls for action against hospitals not providing cashless facility to treat COVID-19
India | Jul 15, 2020, 10:54 AM ISTThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has urged hospitals to provide a cashless facility for the treatment of coronavirus and has called for strict actions against medical centers that do not provide the facility despite such arrangements with the insurers.
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SC to hear plea on hospital's careless treatment of patients
News | Jun 12, 2020, 09:27 AM ISTThe Supreme Court has taken suo-motu cognisance of medical apathy in COVID-19 hospitals. The plea would be heard by a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan at 10.30 am on Friday.