Apr 29, 2021
NEW DELHI (AP) Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of India’s largest state.
But the hospital wouldn’t let him in without a registration slip from the district’s chief medical officer. By the time the son got it, his father had died in the car, just outside the hospital doors.
“My father would have been alive today if the hospital had just admitted him instead of waiting for a piece of paper,” Rohitas Karan said.
India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted
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1of24A health worker gives cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a COVID-19 patient waiting to be attended to inside an ambulance outside a government COVID-19 hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The COVID-19 death toll in India has topped 200,000 as the country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.Ajit Solanki/APShow MoreShow Less
2of24Relatives of a patient who died of COVID-19, mourn outside a government COVID-19 hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The COVID-19 death toll in India has topped 200,000 as the country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.Ajit Solanki/APShow MoreShow Less
Appalled By Health Minister s Statement On Oxygen Shortage: P Chidambaram Appalled By Health Minister s Statement On Oxygen Shortage: P Chidambaram P Chidambaram asked whether all the television channels were telecasting fake visuals and all the newspaper stories incorrect.
People must revolt against a government, P Chidambaram said (File)
New Delhi:
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said he was appalled by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan s statement that there was no shortage of oxygen or vaccines in the country and asked people to revolt against a government that is assuming them to be fools . I am appalled by the statement of the Union Health Minister that there is no shortage of oxygen or vaccines or Remedesivir.
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(Bloomberg) When India launched its Covid-19 vaccination drive in mid-January, the chances of success looked high: It could produce more shots than any country in the world and had decades of experience inoculating pregnant women and babies in rural areas.
“Our preparation has been such that vaccine is fast reaching every corner of the country,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Jan. 22. “On the world’s biggest need today, we are completely self-reliant. Not just that, India is also helping out many countries with vaccines.”
Indian Doctor Accuses Government of Lying About Country s Number of COVID Deaths
On 4/29/21 at 9:44 AM EDT
Associated Press reported. People who could have been saved are dying now, said Gautam Menon, a professor of physics and biology at Ashoka University. Menon said there has been serious undercounting of deaths in many states.
For example, in the southern Telangana state, doctors and activists are contesting the official death count. On April 23, the state said 33 people died of COVID-19. But between 80 to 100 people died in just two hospitals in the state s capital, Hyderabad, the day before.
Experts said many deaths are not being listed as COVID-19, but are being attributed to underlying conditions, despite national guidelines asking states to record all suspected COVID-19 deaths, even if the patient wasn t tested for the virus.