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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 IST

  The 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 8:38 IST

  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.

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Amit Shah stresses on protection of COVID hospitals, oxygen plants

  India | May 16, 2021 20:27 IST

  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.

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  COVID-19: Govt exempts Section 269ST of IT Act for hospitals, other medical facilities

  India | May 08, 2021 9:08 IST

  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.

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  Gurugram hospitals with over 50 beds capacity to set up oxygen plants

  India | May 07, 2021 22:11 IST

  Gurugram 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 23:49 IST

  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.

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  COVID-19: Delhi hospitals cry for help amid oxygen shortage

  India | May 03, 2021 8:43 IST

  Madhukar 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 | April 25, 2021 16:39 IST

  Deputy 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 | April 23, 2021 8:40 IST

  India 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 | April 22, 2021 18:40 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 | April 22, 2021 17:35 IST

  PM 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 | April 16, 2021 8:02 IST

  In 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 | April 15, 2021 16:40 IST

  Family 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 | April 15, 2021 14:01 IST

  Amid 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 | April 12, 2021 23:24 IST

  The 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 | April 07, 2021 17:24 IST

  With 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 | April 03, 2021 18:20 IST

  Amid 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 | September 23, 2020 16:47 IST

  As 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 | July 15, 2020 10:54 IST

  The 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 | June 12, 2020 9:27 IST

  The 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.